Recent advances in organic ternary solar cells

From Fullerene–Polymer to All-Polymer Solar Cells: The Importance of Molecular Packing, Orientation, and Morphology Control

(2016) Hyunbum Kang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Ternary Blend Composed of Two Organic Donors and One Acceptor for Active Layer of High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Jong Won Lee et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

An Obvious Improvement in the Performance of Ternary Organic Solar Cells with “Guest” Donor Present at the “Host” Donor/Acceptor Interface

(2016) Peng-Qing Bi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Influence of Surface Energy on Organic Alloy Formation in Ternary Blend Solar Cells Based on Two Donor Polymers

(2016) Nemal S. Gobalasingham et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Improved Morphology and Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells by Processing Donor-Acceptor Copolymer Additives

(2016) Baobing Fan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Achieving High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cells through Tuning Acceptor Alloy

(2016) Yusheng Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Alloy Acceptor: Superior Alternative to PCBM toward Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Pei Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells: Five Core Technologies for Their Commercialization

(2016) Hongkyu Kang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ternary-Blend Polymer Solar Cells Combining Fullerene and Nonfullerene Acceptors to Synergistically Boost the Photovoltaic Performance

(2016) Heng Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

11% Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells with High Composition Tolerance via Integrated Near-IR Sensitization and Interface Engineering

(2016) Li Nian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on Two Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors with Power Conversion Efficiency >10%

(2016) Tao Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells with over 11% Efficiency and Excellent Thermal Stability

(2016) Wenchao Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ternary Polymer Solar Cells based on Two Acceptors and One Donor for Achieving 12.2% Efficiency

(2016) Wenchao Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improved hole mobility and suppressed trap density in polymer-polymer dual donor based highly efficient organic solar cells

(2016) Vishal Bharti et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Molecular Design of Benzodithiophene-Based Organic Photovoltaic Materials

(2016) Huifeng Yao et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Low bandgap semiconducting polymers for polymeric photovoltaics

(2016) Chang Liu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Inverted organic photovoltaic cells

(2016) Kai Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Stability of organic solar cells: challenges and strategies

(2016) Pei Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Improve exciton generation and dissociation by increasing fullerene content in the mixed phase of P3HT/fullerene

(2016) Xinxiu Cao et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

The use of an n-type macromolecular additive as a simple yet effective tool for improving and stabilizing the performance of organic solar cells

(2016) Kwang Hyun Park et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High-performance ternary blend all-polymer solar cells with complementary absorption bands from visible to near-infrared wavelengths

(2016) Hiroaki Benten et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review

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

Optimized domain size and enlarged D/A interface by tuning intermolecular interaction in all-polymer ternary solar cells

(2016) Rui Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Yankang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reducing the efficiency–stability–cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells

(2016) Derya Baran et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Improved mobility and lifetime of carrier for highly efficient ternary polymer solar cells based on TIPS-pentacene in PTB7: PC 71 BM

(2016) Hanyu Wang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Research opportunities to advance solar energy utilization

(2016) N. S. Lewis   SCIENCE

Förster resonance energy transfer and energy cascade with a favorable small molecule in ternary polymer solar cells

(2016) Shen Xing et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Ternary polymer solar cell based on two donors and one acceptor for improving morphology and power conversion efficiency

(2016) Hyun Ah Um et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Systematic Investigation of Porphyrin-Thiophene Conjugates for Ternary Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2016) Wittawat Keawsongsaeng et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Investigation of Charge Carrier Behavior in High Performance Ternary Blend Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Tack Ho Lee et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A complementary absorption small molecule for efficient ternary organic solar cells

(2016) Liangang Xiao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Efficient ternary blend all-polymer solar cells with a polythiophene derivative as a hole-cascade material

(2016) Wenyan Su et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Electron-transporting third component modifying cathode for simplified inverted ternary blend solar cells

(2016) Dashan Qin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Processing a pyridyl-based polymeric additive for improved photovoltaic performance of a wide-bandgap π-conjugated polymer

(2016) Baobing Fan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Efficient ternary organic photovoltaic cells with better trade-off photon harvesting and phase separation by doping DIB-SQ

(2016) Jian Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Efficient ternary bulk heterojunction solar cells with PCDTBT as hole-cascade material

(2016) Yubin Xiao et al.   Nano Energy

Highly efficient ternary polymer solar cells by optimizing photon harvesting and charge carrier transport

(2016) Miao Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

High-performance alloy model-based ternary small molecule solar cells

(2016) Qiaoshi An et al.   Nano Energy

Perspective of a new trend in organic photovoltaic: ternary blend polymer solar cells

(2016) Heng Lu et al.   Science China-Materials

Designing ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cells with reduced carrier recombination and a fill factor of 77%

(2016) Nicola Gasparini et al.   Nature Energy

Remarkable enhancement of charge carrier mobility of conjugated polymer field-effect transistors upon incorporating an ionic additive

(2016) H. Luo et al.   Science Advances

Simultaneous Improvement in Short Circuit Current, Open Circuit Voltage, and Fill Factor of Polymer Solar Cells through Ternary Strategy

(2015) Qiaoshi An et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Performance Small Molecule/Polymer Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on a Layer-By-Layer Process

(2015) Weichao Chen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Synergistic Effects of Morphological Control and Complementary Absorption in Efficient All-Small-Molecule Ternary-Blend Solar Cells

(2015) Mahmoud E. Farahat et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Structural Origins for Tunable Open-Circuit Voltage in Ternary-Blend Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Petr P. Khlyabich et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Single-Junction Organic Solar Cells Based on a Novel Wide-Bandgap Polymer with Efficiency of 9.7%

(2015) Lijun Huo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymer-Polymer Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Significantly Boosts the Power Conversion Efficiency of Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2015) Vinay Gupta et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Interface Engineering for Ternary Blend Polymer Solar Cells with a Heterostructured Near-IR Dye

(2015) Huajun Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

(2015) Letian Dou et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Donor–acceptor conjugated polymers based on multifused ladder-type arenes for organic solar cells

(2015) Jhong-Sian Wu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The future of organic photovoltaics

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

Doping a D-A structural polymer based on benzodithiophene and triazoloquinoxaline for efficiency improvement of ternary solar cells

(2015) Qianqian Sun et al.   Electronic Materials Letters

Enhanced efficiency of polymer solar cells by adding a high-mobility conjugated polymer

(2015) Shenghua Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Conjugated Polymer–Small Molecule Alloy Leads to High Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Jianqi Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Status and prospects for ternary organic photovoltaics

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   Nature Photonics

High-performance multiple-donor bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Yang Yang et al.   Nature Photonics

Highly efficient exciton harvesting and charge transport in ternary blend solar cells based on wide- and low-bandgap polymers

(2015) Yanbin Wang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Thiadiazole quinoxaline-based copolymers with ∼1.0 eV bandgap for ternary polymer solar cells

(2015) Jiangsheng Yu et al.   POLYMER

High-performance ternary blend polymer solar cells involving both energy transfer and hole relay processes

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   Nature Communications

Porphyrin-Based Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics: The Rise of the Colors of Life

(2015) Jurgen Kesters et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

An Alternative Strategy to Adjust the Recombination Mechanism of Organic Photovoltaics by Implementing Ternary Compounds

(2015) Nicola Gasparini et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A Simple and Universal Method to Increase Light Absorption in Ternary Blend Polymer Solar Cells Based on Ladder-Type Polymers

(2015) Kai Yao et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

A dual ternary system for highly efficient ITO-free inverted polymer solar cells

(2015) Zuosheng Peng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Panchromatic polymer–polymer ternary solar cells enhanced by Förster resonance energy transfer and solvent vapor annealing

(2015) Tenghooi Goh et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Efficient ternary bulk heterojunction solar cells based on small molecules only

(2015) Tzu-Yen Huang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Fullerene alloy formation and the benefits for efficient printing of ternary blend organic solar cells

(2015) Dechan Angmo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Coevaporated Bisquaraine Inverted Solar Cells: Enhancement Due to Energy Transfer and Open Circuit Voltage Control

(2015) Tenghooi Goh et al.   ACS Photonics

Versatile third components for efficient and stable organic solar cells

(2015) Pei Cheng et al.   Materials Horizons

Influence of Polymer Compatibility on the Open-Circuit Voltage in Ternary Blend Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) Petr P. Khlyabich et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Molecular-Weight Insulating Polymers Can Improve the Performance of Molecular Solar Cells

(2014) Ye Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synergistic Effect of Polymer and Small Molecules for High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yajie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electronic States in Dilute Ternary Blend Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) Robert A. Street et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency

(2014) Luyao Lu et al.   Nature Photonics

Enhanced performance of polymer solar cells by employing a ternary cascade energy structure

(2014) Qiaoshi An et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Morphology analysis of near IR sensitized polymer/fullerene organic solar cells by implementing low bandgap heteroanalogue C-/Si-PCPDTBT

(2014) Tayebeh Ameri et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Effect of Fullerene Tris-adducts on the Photovoltaic Performance of P3HT:Fullerene Ternary Blends

(2013) Hyunbum Kang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Suppressing Recombination in Polymer Photovoltaic Devices via Energy-Level Cascades

(2013) Zhi-Kuang Tan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Organic Ternary Solar Cells: A Review

(2013) Tayebeh Ameri et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Organic Solar Cells beyond One Pair of Donor–Acceptor: Ternary Blends and More

(2013) Liqiang Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Charge Carrier Dynamics in a Ternary Bulk Heterojunction System Consisting of P3HT, Fullerene, and a Low Bandgap Polymer

(2013) Markus Koppe et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells: breaking the 10% power conversion efficiency

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Complementary Absorbing Star-Shaped Small Molecules for the Preparation of Ternary Cascade Energy Structures in Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2012) Hyojung Cha et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Does Conjugation Help Exciton Dissociation? A Study on Poly(p-phenylene)s in Planar Heterojunctions with C60 or TNF

(2012) Christian Schwarz et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly π-Extended Copolymers with Diketopyrrolopyrrole Moieties for High-Performance Field-Effect Transistors

(2012) Huajie Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Non-Basic High-Performance Molecules for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Thomas S. van der Poll et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Compositional Dependence of the Open-Circuit Voltage in Ternary Blend Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Two Donor Polymers

(2012) Petr P. Khlyabich et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Performance Enhancement of the P3HT/PCBM Solar Cells through NIR Sensitization Using a Small-Bandgap Polymer

(2012) Tayebeh Ameri et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A stable solution-processed polymer semiconductor with record high-mobility for printed transistors

(2012) Jun Li et al.   Scientific Reports

Near IR Sensitization of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Towards Optimization of the Spectral Response of Organic Solar Cells

(2009) Markus Koppe et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Organic tandem solar cells: A review

(2009) Tayebeh Ameri et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Synthesis of a Low Band Gap Polymer and Its Application in Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2009) Jianhui Hou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency

(2009) Hsiang-Yu Chen et al.   Nature Photonics

Development of New Semiconducting Polymers for High Performance Solar Cells

(2008) Yongye Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY