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Ternary solar cells with a mixed face-on and edge-on orientation enable an unprecedented efficiency of 12.1%

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Molecular Optimization Enables over 13% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells

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Combining Energy Transfer and Optimized Morphology for Highly Efficient Ternary Polymer Solar Cells

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Evolution of morphology and open-circuit voltage in alloy-energy transfer coexisting ternary organic solar cells

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

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Mapping Polymer Donors toward High-Efficiency Fullerene Free Organic Solar Cells

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

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Molecular Design of Benzodithiophene-Based Organic Photovoltaic Materials

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Molecular Engineering on Conjugated Side Chain for Polymer Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency and Accessibility

(2016) Wei Huang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

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

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Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies >12%

(2016) Miaomiao Li et al.   Nature Photonics

Two effects of 1,8-diiodooctane on PTB7-Th:PC71BM polymer solar cells

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Donor polymer design enables efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells

(2016) Zhengke Li et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2016) Haijun Bin et al.   Nature Communications

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

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Optimized “Alloy-Parallel” Morphology of Ternary Organic Solar Cells

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A block copolymer enhances the efficiency of small-molecule bulk-heterojunction photovoltaics

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A complementary absorption small molecule for efficient ternary organic solar cells

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

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

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Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Use in Organic Solar Cells

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Solution-Processed Zinc Oxide/Polyethylenimine Nanocomposites as Tunable Electron Transport Layers for Highly Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Hsiu-Cheng Chen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Influence of Molecular Geometry of Perylene Diimide Dimers and Polymers on Bulk Heterojunction Morphology Toward High-Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Chen-Hao Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

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

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

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

(2015) Vinay Gupta et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Manipulating Aggregation and Molecular Orientation in All-Polymer Photovoltaic Cells

(2015) Long Ye et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2015) Letian Dou et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Small Molecules Based on Alkyl/Alkylthio-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Performance

(2015) Bin Kan et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

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

High-efficiency non-fullerene organic solar cells enabled by a difluorobenzothiadiazole-based donor polymer combined with a properly matched small molecule acceptor

(2015) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Structural Evolution of Crystalline Conjugated Polymer/Fullerene Domains from Solution to the Solid State in the Presence and Absence of an Additive

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

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

A Selenophene Containing Benzodithiophene-alt-thienothiophene Polymer for Additive-Free High Performance Solar Cell

(2015) Wei-Hsuan Chang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High-performance multiple-donor bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Yang Yang et al.   Nature Photonics

Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

(2015) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

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

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   Nature Communications

Microstructural and Electronic Origins of Open-Circuit Voltage Tuning in Organic Solar Cells Based on Ternary Blends

(2015) Sonya A. Mollinger et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Side chain structure affects the molecular packing and photovoltaic performance of oligothiophene-based solution-processable small molecules

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

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Efficient small molecular ternary solar cells by synergistically optimized photon harvesting and phase separation

(2015) Qiaoshi An et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Symmetry and Coplanarity of Organic Molecules Affect their Packing and Photovoltaic Properties in Solution-Processed Solar Cells

(2014) Shang-Che Lan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solution-Processed Parallel Tandem Polymer Solar Cells Using Silver Nanowires as Intermediate Electrode

(2014) Fei Guo et al.   ACS Nano

An Efficient Triple-Junction Polymer Solar Cell Having a Power Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 11%

(2014) Chun-Chao Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Understanding Low Bandgap Polymer PTB7 and Optimizing Polymer Solar Cells Based on It

(2014) Luyao Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Importance of Domain Purity and Molecular Packing in Efficient Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

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

(2014) Yajie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2014) Yue Zang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Efficient ternary blend polymer solar cells with indene-C60 bisadduct as an electron-cascade acceptor

(2014) Pei Cheng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Ternary Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells Composed of Small Molecule Donor Additive as Cascade Material

(2014) Lei Ye et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Side Chain Selection for Designing Highly Efficient Photovoltaic Polymers with 2D-Conjugated Structure

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How to design low bandgap polymers for highly efficient organic solar cells

(2014) Tao Xu et al.   Materials Today

Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency

(2014) Luyao Lu et al.   Nature Photonics

Controlling Solution-Phase Polymer Aggregation with Molecular Weight and Solvent Additives to Optimize Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) Jonathan A. Bartelt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

The influence of microstructure on charge separation dynamics in organic bulk heterojunction materials for solar cell applications

(2014) M. Scarongella et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Complementary solvent additives tune the orientation of polymer lamellae, reduce the sizes of aggregated fullerene domains, and enhance the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells

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A Mechanistic Understanding of Processing Additive-Induced Efficiency Enhancement in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Kristin Schmidt et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Understanding the Mechanism of Operation

(2013) Alan J. Heeger   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Predicting Morphologies of Solution Processed Polymer:Fullerene Blends

(2013) Sandra Kouijzer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Side Chain Structure Affects the Photovoltaic Performance of Two-Dimensional Conjugated Polymers

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Organic photovoltaics

(2013) Yu-Wei Su et al.   Materials Today

Long-Range Balanced Electron- and Hole-Transport Lengths in Organic-Inorganic CH3NH3PbI3

(2013) G. Xing et al.   SCIENCE

Visibly Transparent Polymer Solar Cells Produced by Solution Processing

(2012) Chun-Chao Chen et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2012) Deping Qian et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Design strategies for organic semiconductors beyond the molecular formula

(2012) Zachary B. Henson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Plasmonic Polymer Tandem Solar Cell

(2011) Jun Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Competition between Fullerene Aggregation and Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Crystallization upon Annealing of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Wei-Ru Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Improving Device Efficiency of Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Through Enhanced Crystallinity and Reduced Grain Boundaries Induced by Solvent Additives

(2011) Ming-Shin Su et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis, characterization, and photovoltaic properties of a low-bandgap copolymer based on 2,1,3-benzooxadiazole

(2011) Jian-Ming Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS