Solid additives in organic solar cells: progress and perspectives

Single-layered organic photovoltaics with double cascading charge transport pathways: 18% efficiencies

(2021) Ming Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Layer‐by‐Layer Processed Ternary Organic Photovoltaics with Efficiency over 18%

(2021) Lingling Zhan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tandem Organic Solar Cells with 18.7% Efficiency Enabled by Suppressing the Charge Recombination in Front Sub‐Cell

(2021) Gongchu Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Simultaneously Enhanced Efficiency and Operational Stability of Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells via Solid‐Additive‐Mediated Aggregation Control

(2021) Xue Zhang et al.   Small

Eutectic phase behavior induced by a simple additive contributes to efficient organic solar cells

(2021) Jiehao Fu et al.   Nano Energy

Volatilizable Solid Additive‐Assisted Treatment Enables Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 18.8% and Fill Factor Exceeding 80%

(2021) Sunan Bao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Graphdiyne Derivative as Multifunctional Solid Additive in Binary Organic Solar Cells with 17.3% Efficiency and High Reproductivity

(2020) Le Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

18% Efficiency organic solar cells

(2020) Qishi Liu et al.   Science Bulletin

Narrowing the Band Gap: The Key to High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics

(2020) Pei Cheng et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Asymmetric Acceptors with Fluorine and Chlorine Substitution for Organic Solar Cells toward 16.83% Efficiency

(2020) Tao Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

New Phase for Organic Solar Cell Research: Emergence of Y-Series Electron Acceptors and Their Perspectives

(2020) Shuixing Li et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Moving Alkyl‐Chain Branching Point Induced a Hierarchical Morphology for Efficient All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2020) Ruimin Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Fully Non‐fused Ring Acceptor with Planar Backbone and Near‐IR Absorption for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2020) Ya‐Nan Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bifunctional Bis‐benzophenone as A Solid Additive for Non‐Fullerene Solar Cells

(2020) Pu Fan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Enhanced π–π Interactions of Nonfullerene Acceptors by Volatilizable Solid Additives in Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2019) Runnan Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Over 16% efficiency organic photovoltaic cells enabled by a chlorinated acceptor with increased open-circuit voltages

(2019) Yong Cui et al.   Nature Communications

Pyridine-based additive optimized P3HT:PC61BM nanomorphology for improved performance and stability in polymer solar cells

(2019) Binrui Xu et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Emerging Applications of Elemental 2D Materials

(2019) Nicholas R. Glavin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Black Phosphorous Quantum Dots Sandwiched Organic Solar Cells

(2019) Yifan Wang et al.   Small

Improving Photovoltaic Properties of P3HT:IC60BA through the Incorporation of Small Molecules

(2018) Binrui Xu et al.   Polymers

Organic and solution-processed tandem solar cells with 17.3% efficiency

(2018) Lingxian Meng et al.   SCIENCE

Design and application of volatilizable solid additives in non-fullerene organic solar cells

(2018) Runnan Yu et al.   Nature Communications

Additive-Free Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency over 10%

(2017) Hui Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution-processed black phosphorus/PCBM hybrid heterojunctions for solar cells

(2017) Linyi Bai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Multiple exciton generation for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution reactions with quantum yields exceeding 100%

(2017) Yong Yan et al.   Nature Energy

Molecular Lock: A Versatile Key to Enhance Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Pei Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light Harvesting for Organic Photovoltaics

(2016) Gordon J. Hedley et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Facile and Purification-Free Synthesis of Nitrogenated Amphiphilic Graphitic Carbon Dots

(2016) Byung Joon Moon et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Removal of Residual Diiodooctane Improves Photostability of High-Performance Organic Solar Cell Polymers

(2016) Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review

(2016) Qiaoshi An et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Mixed-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures

(2016) Deep Jariwala et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Critical light instability in CB/DIO processed PBDTTT-EFT:PC 71 BM organic photovoltaic devices

(2016) Andrew J. Pearson et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Solution-Processable Ultrathin Black Phosphorus as an Effective Electron Transport Layer in Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Shenghuang Lin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Small-Bandgap Polymer Solar Cells with Unprecedented Short-Circuit Current Density and High Fill Factor

(2015) Hyosung Choi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Semiconducting Group 15 Monolayers: A Broad Range of Band Gaps and High Carrier Mobilities

(2015) Shengli Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The future of organic photovoltaics

(2015) Katherine A. Mazzio et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The Crucial Role of Confined Residual Additives on the Photostability of P3HT:PCBM Active Layers

(2015) Aurélien Tournebize et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Effect of Solvent Additive on Generation, Recombination, and Extraction in PTB7:PCBM Solar Cells: A Conclusive Experimental and Numerical Simulation Study

(2015) Juliane Kniepert et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Efficient ternary organic photovoltaics incorporating a graphene-based porphyrin molecule as a universal electron cascade material

(2015) M. M. Stylianakis et al.   Nanoscale

Effect of Thermal Annealing on Charge Transfer States and Charge Trapping in PCDTBT:PC70BM Solar Cells

(2015) Iordania Constantinou et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Synergistic Concurrent Enhancement of Charge Generation, Dissociation, and Transport in Organic Solar Cells with Plasmonic Metal-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids

(2014) Ju Min Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Semi-crystalline photovoltaic polymers with efficiency exceeding 9% in a ∼300 nm thick conventional single-cell device

(2014) T. L. Nguyen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Experimental Verification of Carrier Multiplication in Graphene

(2014) T. Plötzing et al.   NANO LETTERS

Manipulating the horizontal morphology and vertical distribution of the active layer in BHJ-PSC with a multi-functional solid organic additive

(2014) Chun-Guey Wu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Effect of thermal annealing on active layer morphology and performance for small molecule bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

(2014) Zuo Yi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Exceeding the Limit in Solar Energy Conversion with Multiple Excitons

(2013) Xiaoyang Zhu   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

25th Anniversary Article: A Decade of Organic/Polymeric Photovoltaic Research

(2013) Letian Dou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Organic Ternary Solar Cells: A Review

(2013) Tayebeh Ameri et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Visualizing physical, electronic, and optical properties of organic photovoltaic cells

(2013) Martin Pfannmöller et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Solvent Vapor Annealing of Block Polymer Thin Films

(2013) Christophe Sinturel et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Graphene - A Promising Material for Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2011) Xiangjian Wan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effects of Thermal Annealing Upon the Morphology of Polymer-Fullerene Blends

(2010) Eric Verploegen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synthetic Control of Structural Order inN-Alkylthieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Polymers for Efficient Solar Cells

(2010) Claudia Piliego et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Graphene photonics and optoelectronics

(2010) F. Bonaccorso et al.   Nature Photonics

Organic photovoltaic cells based on an acceptor of soluble graphene

(2008) Qian Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Processing Additives for Improved Efficiency from Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2008) Jae Kwan Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Investigation of nanoscale morphological changes in organic photovoltaics during solvent vapor annealing

(2007) Steve Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY