Pentacyclic Aromatic Lactam-Containing Copolymer with Well-Controlled Energy Alignment and Morphology with 17% Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

Non-Halogenated Polymer Donor-Based Organic Solar Cells with a Nearly 15% Efficiency Enabled by a Classic Ternary Strategy

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Significantly Boosting Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells by Employing a Nontoxic Halogen-Free Additive

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An Electron Acceptor Analogue for Lowering Trap Density in Organic Solar Cells

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An alcohol-soluble small molecule as efficient cathode interfacial layer materials for polymer solar cells

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Synergistic Engineering of Substituents and Backbones on Donor Polymers: Toward Terpolymer Design of High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

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Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran Polymer-Based Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells: The Roles of Non-Fullerene Acceptors and Molybdenum Oxide on Their Ambient Stabilities and Processabilities

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Enhance the efficiency of polymer solar cells through regulating phase segregation and improving charge transport via non-toxic halogen-free additive

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Side‐Chain Engineering on Y‐Series Acceptors with Chlorinated End Groups Enables High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells

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Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells

(2021) Chao Li et al.   Nature Energy

Balancing Intermolecular Interactions between Acceptors and Donor/Acceptor for Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

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Asymmetric and Halogenated Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

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Triisopropylsilyl‐Substituted Benzo[1,2‐ b :4,5‐ c ′]dithiophene‐4,8‐dione‐Containing Copolymers with More Than 17% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells

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High-performance polymer solar cells with efficiency over 18% enabled by asymmetric side chain engineering of non-fullerene acceptors

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High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with Efficient Hole Transfer at Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offset between Methylated Polymer Donor and Brominated Acceptor

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(2020) Qishi Liu et al.   Science Bulletin

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

(2020) Tao Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Optimized active layer morphology toward efficient and polymer batch insensitive organic solar cells

(2020) Kangkang Weng et al.   Nature Communications

Achieving 17.4% Efficiency of Ternary Organic Photovoltaics with Two Well‐Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors for Minimizing Energy Loss

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Fine-Tuning Energy Levels via Asymmetric End Groups Enables Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 17%

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Energy Loss in Organic Solar Cells: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Prospects

(2020) Yiwen Ji et al.   Solar RRL

Optimized active layer morphologies via ternary copolymerization of polymer donors for 17.6% efficiency organic solar cells with enhanced fill factor

(2020) Xia Guo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Altering the Positions of Chlorine and Bromine Substitution on the End Group Enables High‐Performance Acceptor and Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2020) Zhenghui Luo et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Self-Assembled Monolayer Enables Hole Transport Layer-Free Organic Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency and Improved Operational Stability

(2020) Yuanbao Lin et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Over 15% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells enabled by a C-shaped small molecule donor with tailorable asymmetric backbone

(2020) Xunchang Wang et al.   Nano Energy

A Simple Phenyl Group Introduced at the Tail of Alkyl Side Chains of Small Molecular Acceptors: New Strategy to Balance the Crystallinity of Acceptors and Miscibility of Bulk Heterojunction Enabling Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2019) Yonghai Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent Advances, Design Guidelines, and Prospects of All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2019) Changyeon Lee et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Ternary Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency >16.5% Based on Two Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors

(2019) Jiali Song et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stirring Up Acceptor Phase and Controlling Morphology via Choosing Appropriate Rigid Aryl Rings as Lever Arms in Symmetry-Breaking Benzodithiophene for High-Performance Fullerene and Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells

(2018) Deyu Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Over 14% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Chlorinated Polymer Donor

(2018) Shaoqing Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nonfullerene Acceptor Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2018) Guangye Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Design rules for minimizing voltage losses in high-efficiency organic solar cells

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Next-generation organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors

(2018) Pei Cheng et al.   Nature Photonics

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(2018) Claire Ashworth   Nature Reviews Materials

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A Maverick Asymmetrical Backbone with Distinct Flanked Twist Angles Modulating the Molecular Aggregation and Crystallinity for High Performance Nonfullerene Solar Cells

(2018) Xunchang Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Fine-tuning of the chemical structure of photoactive materials for highly efficient organic photovoltaics

(2018) Baobing Fan et al.   Nature Energy

Medium band gap conjugated polymers from thienoacene derivatives and pentacyclic aromatic lactam as promising alternatives of poly(3-hexylthiophene) in photovoltaic application

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Thick-Film High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells Retaining 90% PCEs of the Optimized Thin Film Cells

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11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor

(2016) Haijun Bin et al.   Nature Communications

Time-Dependent Morphology Evolution of Solution-Processed Small Molecule Solar Cells during Solvent Vapor Annealing

(2016) Jie Min et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A Large-Bandgap Conjugated Polymer for Versatile Photovoltaic Applications with High Performance

(2015) Maojie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Low-Bandgap Near-IR Conjugated Polymers/Molecules for Organic Electronics

(2015) Letian Dou et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Large scale deployment of polymer solar cells on land, on sea and in the air

(2014) Nieves Espinosa et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Intensity Dependence of Current–Voltage Characteristics and Recombination in High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Aung Ko Ko Kyaw et al.   ACS Nano

A pentacyclic aromatic lactam building block for efficient polymer solar cells

(2013) Jiamin Cao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Understanding the Reduced Efficiencies of Organic Solar Cells Employing Fullerene Multiadducts as Acceptors

(2013) Mark A. Faist et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

On the morphology of polymer-based photovoltaics

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Design, Application, and Morphology Study of a New Photovoltaic Polymer with Strong Aggregation in Solution State

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(2012) Gang Li et al.   Nature Photonics

Comparison of the Operation of Polymer/Fullerene, Polymer/Polymer, and Polymer/Nanocrystal Solar Cells: A Transient Photocurrent and Photovoltage Study

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