Unprecedented low energy losses in organic solar cells with high external quantum efficiencies by employing non-fullerene electron acceptors

10.8% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Based on PTB7-Th and PC71BM via Binary Solvent Additives Treatment

(2016) Qun Wan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Fullerene Adducts Bearing Cyano Moiety for Both High Dielectric Constant and Good Active Layer Morphology of Organic Photovoltaics

(2016) Sheng Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Medium Bandgap Polymer Donor and Narrow Bandgap Organic Semiconductor Acceptor

(2016) Liang Gao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design and Synthesis of a Low Bandgap Small Molecule Acceptor for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Huifeng Yao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

On the Efficiency Limit of Conjugated Polymer:Fullerene-Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2016) Markus C. Scharber   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Energy-Level Modulation of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors to Achieve over 12% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Sunsun Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molecular Design of Benzodithiophene-Based Organic Photovoltaic Materials

(2016) Huifeng Yao et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Non-fullerene polymer solar cells based on a selenophene-containing fused-ring acceptor with photovoltaic performance of 8.6%

(2016) Yongxi Li et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A spirobifluorene and diketopyrrolopyrrole moieties based non-fullerene acceptor for efficient and thermally stable polymer solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

(2016) Shuixing Li et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Reduced voltage losses yield 10% efficient fullerene free organic solar cells with >1 V open circuit voltages

(2016) D. Baran et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Efficient Solution Processable Polymer Solar Cells Using Newly Designed and Synthesized Fullerene Derivatives

(2016) Surya Prakash Singh et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene-Based Non-fullerene Electron Acceptor for High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Feng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency

(2016) Haijun Bin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Performance Electron Acceptor with Thienyl Side Chains for Organic Photovoltaics

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Facile Planar Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor for As-Cast Polymer Solar Cells with 8.71% Efficiency

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Perylene Diimide Trimers Based Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 7%

(2016) Ningning Liang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High performance A–D–A oligothiophene-based organic solar cells employing two-step annealing and solution-processable copper thiocyanate (CuSCN) as an interfacial hole transporting layer

(2016) Amaresh Mishra et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Influence of molecular structure on the performance of low Voc loss polymer solar cells

(2016) Ming Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A simple small molecule as an acceptor for fullerene-free organic solar cells with efficiency near 8%

(2016) Miaomiao Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Non-fullerene acceptor with low energy loss and high external quantum efficiency: towards high performance polymer solar cells

(2016) Yongxi Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Fullerene-free polymer solar cell based on a polythiophene derivative with an unprecedented energy loss of less than 0.5 eV

(2016) Hao Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A fused-ring based electron acceptor for efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells with small HOMO offset

(2016) Yongxi Li et al.   Nano Energy

Modulation of band gap and p- versus n-semiconductor character of ADA dyes by core and acceptor group variation

(2016) Agnieszka Nowak-Król et al.   Organic Chemistry Frontiers

A molecularly engineered hole-transporting material for efficient perovskite solar cells

(2016) Michael Saliba et al.   Nature Energy

Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Use in Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Christian B. Nielsen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

High-Performance Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Pair of Donor-Acceptor Materials with Complementary Absorption Properties

(2015) Haoran Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with 8.5% Efficiency Enabled by a New Highly Twisted Electron Acceptor Dimer

(2015) Ye-Jin Hwang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2015) Hyosung Choi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High Quantum Efficiencies in Polymer Solar Cells at Energy Losses below 0.6 eV

(2015) Weiwei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Influence of Solid-State Packing of Dipolar Merocyanine Dyes on Transistor and Solar Cell Performances

(2015) Alhama Arjona-Esteban et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Performance Solution-Processed Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Based on Selenophene-Containing Perylene Bisimide Acceptor

(2015) Dong Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Non-Fullerene-Acceptor-Based Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 7%

(2015) Dan Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Deep Absorbing Porphyrin Small Molecule for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells with Very Low Energy Losses

(2015) Ke Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Series of Simple Oligomer-like Small Molecules Based on Oligothiophenes for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Efficiency

(2015) Bin Kan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Designing Efficient Non-Fullerene Acceptors by Tailoring Extended Fused-Rings with Electron-Deficient Groups

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Functional tuning of A–D–A oligothiophenes: the effect of solvent vapor annealing on blend morphology and solar cell performance

(2015) Gisela L. Schulz et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Self-assembled perylene bisimide J-aggregates as promising cathode modifiers for highly efficient inverted polymer solar cells

(2015) Zengqi Xie et al.   Materials Horizons

Competitive Absorption and Inefficient Exciton Harvesting: Lessons Learned from Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics Utilizing the Polymer Acceptor P(NDI2OD-T2)

(2014) Zhi Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Integrated Molecular, Interfacial, and Device Engineering towards High-Performance Non-Fullerene Based Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yue Zang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Morphology and Performance Relationships

(2014) Ye Huang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Dialkylthiol-Substituted Benzodithiophene Unit with Efficiency near 10%

(2014) Bin Kan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Aggregation and morphology control enables multiple cases of high-efficiency polymer solar cells

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Efficiency Improvement of Solution-Processed Dithienopyrrole-Based A-D-A Oligothiophene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells by Solvent Vapor Annealing

(2014) Cordula D. Wessendorf et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics: an emerging horizon

(2014) Yuze Lin et al.   Materials Horizons

Design and Synthesis of Molecular Donors for Solution-Processed High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Jessica E. Coughlin et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Nongeminate Recombination and Charge Transport Limitations in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Solution-Processed Small Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Christopher M. Proctor et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Conductive Conjugated Polyelectrolyte as Hole-Transporting Layer for Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2013) Huiqiong Zhou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Efficient Small Bandgap Polymer Solar Cells with High Fill Factors for 300 nm Thick Films

(2013) Weiwei Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Using volatile additives to alter the morphology and performance of active layers in thin-film molecular photovoltaic devices incorporating bulk heterojunctions

(2013) Minh Trung Dang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Perovskites: The Emergence of a New Era for Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells

(2013) Henry J. Snaith   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

New conjugated alternating benzodithiophene-containing copolymers with different acceptor units: synthesis and photovoltaic application

(2013) M. L. Keshtov et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Quantification of Quantum Efficiency and Energy Losses in Low Bandgap Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage

(2012) Koen Vandewal et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Small Molecule Organic Semiconductors on the Move: Promises for Future Solar Energy Technology

(2012) Amaresh Mishra et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A high mobility conjugated polymer based on dithienothiophene and diketopyrrolopyrrole for organic photovoltaics

(2012) Jae Woong Jung et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Functional fullerenes for organic photovoltaics

(2012) Chang-Zhi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Correlation of π-Conjugated Oligomer Structure with Film Morphology and Organic Solar Cell Performance

(2012) Roland Fitzner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhancing the Photocurrent in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymer Solar Cells via Energy Level Control

(2012) Weiwei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Assessing Possibilities and Limits for Solar Cells

(2011) Pabitra K. Nayak et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molecular Design and Ordering Effects in π-Functional Materials for Transistor and Solar Cell Applications

(2011) Pierre M. Beaujuge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Role of the Charge Transfer State in Organic Donor-Acceptor Solar Cells

(2010) Carsten Deibel et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fullerene derivative acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells

(2010) Youjun He et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The Energy of Charge-Transfer States in Electron Donor-Acceptor Blends: Insight into the Energy Losses in Organic Solar Cells

(2009) Dirk Veldman et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Tailored merocyaninedyes for solution-processed BHJ solar cells

(2009) Hannah Bürckstümmer et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

On the origin of the open-circuit voltage of polymer–fullerene solar cells

(2009) Koen Vandewal et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on merocyanine colorants

(2008) Nils M. Kronenberg et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS