Towards a bright future: polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiencies over 10%

Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Efficiency Enabled via a Facile Star-Shaped Molecular Cathode Interlayer with Variable Counterions

(2016) Zhenguo Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Evaluation of Small Molecules as Front Cell Donor Materials for High-Efficiency Tandem Solar Cells

(2016) Qian Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Performance Polymer Tandem Solar Cells Employing a New n-Type Conjugated Polymer as an Interconnecting Layer

(2016) Kai Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2016) Pei Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymer Acceptor Based on Double B←N Bridged Bipyridine (BNBP) Unit for High-Efficiency All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Xiaojing Long 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

A Novel Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c′]Bis([1,2,5]Thiadiazole)-Based Narrow-Bandgap π-Conjugated Polymer with Power Conversion Efficiency Over 10%

(2016) Yaocheng Jin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2016) Wenchao Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Aqueous Solution Processed Photoconductive Cathode Interlayer for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells with Thick Interlayer and Thick Active Layer

(2016) Li Nian et al.   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

Further correction: Low bandgap semiconducting polymers for polymeric photovoltaics

(2016) Chang Liu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Highly efficient inverted bulk-heterojunction solar cells with a gradiently-doped ZnO layer

(2016) Sungho Nho 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

Highly efficient, large area, roll coated flexible and rigid OPV modules with geometric fill factors up to 98.5% processed with commercially available materials

(2016) L. Lucera et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Implication of Fluorine Atom on Electronic Properties, Ordering Structures, and Photovoltaic Performance in Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymers

(2016) Kazuaki Kawashima et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

n-Type Water/Alcohol-Soluble Naphthalene Diimide-Based Conjugated Polymers for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Zhihong Wu 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

Self-doped n-type water/alcohol-soluble conjugated polymers ETL for high-performance polymer and perovskite solar cells

(2016) Yongfang Li   Science China-Chemistry

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

(2016) Zaiyu Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Crosslinkable Amino-Functionalized Conjugated Polymer as Cathode Interlayer for Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Jing Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Quaternary Organic Solar Cells Enhanced by Cocrystalline Squaraines with Power Conversion Efficiencies >10%

(2016) Tenghooi Goh et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Environment-Friendly Single-Solvent Processing

(2016) Hao Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Breaking the 10% Efficiency Barrier in Organic Photovoltaics: Morphology and Device Optimization of Well-Known PBDTTT Polymers

(2016) Shaoqing Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Novel donor–acceptor polymers containing o-fluoro-p-alkoxyphenyl-substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene units for polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiency exceeding 9%

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

10.20% Efficiency polymer solar cells via employing bilaterally hole-cascade diazaphenanthrobisthiadiazole polymer donors and electron-cascade indene-C70 bisadduct acceptor

(2016) Xiaopeng Xu et al.   Nano Energy

Interfacial modification layers based on carbon dots for efficient inverted polymer solar cells exceeding 10% power conversion efficiency

(2016) Xiaofeng Lin 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

Efficient organic ternary solar cells with the third component as energy acceptor

(2016) Qiaoshi An et al.   Nano Energy

High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Wide-Bandgap Polymer Containing Pyrrolo[3,4-f ]benzotriazole-5,7-dione with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.63%

(2016) Liuyuan Lan et al.   Advanced Science

Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

(2016) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Nature Energy

Perylene Bisimide as a Promising Zinc Oxide Surface Modifier: Enhanced Interfacial Combination for Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Li Nian et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells with Over 10% Efficiency by a Novel Two-Dimensional Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Copolymer

(2015) Chang Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Synthesis and Photovoltaic Performance of Water/Alcohol Soluble Small Phorphyrin Derivatives for Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Junming Lu et al.   ACTA CHIMICA SINICA

Fluoro-Substituted n-Type Conjugated Polymers for Additive-Free All-Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 6.71%

(2015) Jae Woong Jung et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells with Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as the Cathode Interlayer

(2015) Kai Zhang 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

Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Improved Vertical Donor-Acceptor Compositional Gradient Via an Inverted Off-Center Spinning Method

(2015) Jiang Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on Absorption-Complementary Polymer Donor and Acceptor with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.27%

(2015) Liang Gao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Finely Tuned Polymer Interlayers Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency

(2015) Yao Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Water/alcohol soluble conjugated polymers for the interface engineering of highly efficient polymer light-emitting diodes and polymer solar cells

(2015) Zhicheng Hu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Effects of flanked units on optoelectronic properties of diketopyrrolopyrrole based π-conjugated polymers

(2015) Jing Yue et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Air-processed polymer tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiency exceeding 10%

(2015) Ning Li et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Low bandgap conjugated polymers based on mono-fluorinated isoindigo for efficient bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells processed with non-chlorinated solvents

(2015) Yunfeng Deng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

ZnO cathode buffer layers for inverted polymer solar cells

(2015) Zhiqiang Liang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

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

Design of a versatile interconnecting layer for highly efficient series-connected polymer tandem solar cells

(2015) Lijian Zuo et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A high efficiency solution processed polymer inverted triple-junction solar cell exhibiting a power conversion efficiency of 11.83%

(2015) Abd. Rashid bin Mohd Yusoff et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

Influence of Regio- and Chemoselectivity on the Properties of Fluoro-Substituted Thienothiophene and Benzodithiophene Copolymers

(2015) Hongliang Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Terthiophene-Based D–A Polymer with an Asymmetric Arrangement of Alkyl Chains That Enables Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Huawei Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoconductive Cathode Interlayer for Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

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

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 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

Efficient polymer solar cells employing a non-conjugated small-molecule electrolyte

(2015) Xinhua Ouyang et al.   Nature Photonics

Efficient inverted polymer solar cells employing favourable molecular orientation

(2015) Varun Vohra et al.   Nature Photonics

Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

(2015) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

Solution processed thick film organic solar cells

(2015) Chunhui Duan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

High-performance polymer solar cells with >10% efficiency

(2015) Fei Huang   Science China-Chemistry

Synthesis of two-dimensional π-conjugated polymers pendent with benzothiadiazole and naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole moieties for polymer solar cells

(2015) Wei Li et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Over 10% efficiencies achieved for the PSCs with thick active layer based on D-A copolymer donors and various fullerene acceptors

(2015) Yongfang Li   Science China-Chemistry

Realizing over 10% efficiency in polymer solar cell by device optimization

(2015) Shaoqing Zhang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Inverted polymer fullerene solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency with poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) nanodots on electron-collecting buffer layers

(2015) Sungho Nam et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Yu Zhong et al.   Nature Communications

Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency >10% Enabled via a Facile Solution-Processed Al-Doped ZnO Electron Transporting Layer

(2015) Lethy Krishnan Jagadamma et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhancing the Internal Quantum Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells via Metallic Nanofunnels

(2015) Se-Woong Baek et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on Two Highly Efficient Polymer Donors with Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency

(2015) Tao Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

10.4% Power Conversion Efficiency of ITO-Free Organic Photovoltaics Through Enhanced Light Trapping Configuration

(2015) Jiang Huang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Efficiency exceeding 10% for inverted polymer solar cells with a ZnO/ionic liquid combined cathode interfacial layer

(2015) W. Yu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Synergic Effects of Randomly Aligned SWCNT Mesh and Self-Assembled Molecule Layer for High-Performance, Low-Bandgap, Polymer Solar Cells with Fast Charge Extraction

(2015) Jian Liu et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Morphology Evolution in High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells Processed from Nonhalogenated Solvent

(2015) Wanzhu Cai et al.   Advanced Science

Low band-gap benzodithiophene-thienothiophenecopolymers: the effect of dual two-dimensional substitutions on optoelectronic properties

(2015) Zhulin Liu et al.   Science China-Chemistry

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

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

Low Band-Gap Conjugated Polymers with Strong Interchain Aggregation and Very High Hole Mobility Towards Highly Efficient Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Zhenhui Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Efficient Tandem Polymer Solar Cells with a Photovoltaic Response in the Visible Light Range

(2014) Zhong Zheng 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

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency

(2014) Jing-De Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of Fluorine Content in Thienothiophene-Benzodithiophene Copolymers on the Morphology and Performance of Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Peng Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Highly Efficient 2D-Conjugated Benzodithiophene-Based Photovoltaic Polymer with Linear Alkylthio Side Chain

(2014) Long Ye et al.   CHEMISTRY OF 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

Improvement of open-circuit voltage and photovoltaic properties of 2D-conjugated polymers by alkylthio substitution

(2014) Chaohua Cui et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Mobility-Controlled Performance of Thick Solar Cells Based on Fluorinated Copolymers

(2014) Wentao Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%

(2014) Qian Zhang et al.   Nature Photonics

Side-chain engineering of high-efficiency conjugated polymer photovoltaic materials

(2014) Zhi-Guo Zhang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

High-Performance Inverted Organic Photovoltaics with Over 1-μm Thick Active Layers

(2014) Xiaowen Hu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Single Junction Inverted Polymer Solar Cell Reaching Power Conversion Efficiency 10.31% by Employing Dual-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film as Cathode Interlayer

(2014) Sih-Hao Liao et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of Fullerene Bisadduct Regioisomers on Photovoltaic Performance

(2013) Xiangyue Meng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Benzothiadiazole and Alkylphenyl Substituted Benzodithiophene with a Power Conversion Efficiency over 8%

(2013) Maojie Zhang 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

Fullerene Derivative-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanofilm as the Cathode of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Low-Bandgap Polymer (PTB7-Th) for High Performance

(2013) Sih-Hao Liao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent advances in water/alcohol-soluble π-conjugated materials: new materials and growing applications in solar cells

(2013) Chunhui Duan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Non-halogenated solvents for environmentally friendly processing of high-performance bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells

(2013) Chu-Chen Chueh et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Fluorine Substituents Reduce Charge Recombination and Drive Structure and Morphology Development in Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Andrew C. Stuart et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-Processed and High-Performance Organic Solar Cells Using Small Molecules with a Benzodithiophene Unit

(2013) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A polymer tandem solar cell with 10.6% power conversion efficiency

(2013) Jingbi You et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular Design of Photovoltaic Materials for Polymer Solar Cells: Toward Suitable Electronic Energy Levels and Broad Absorption

(2012) Yongfang Li   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Multiple Functionalities of Polyfluorene Grafted with Metal Ion-Intercalated Crown Ether as an Electron Transport Layer for Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells: Optical Interference, Hole Blocking, Interfacial Dipole, and Electron Conduction

(2012) Sih-Hao Liao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rational Design of High Performance Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Huaxing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymer solar cells

(2012) Gang Li et al.   Nature Photonics

Replacing Alkoxy Groups with Alkylthienyl Groups: A Feasible Approach To Improve the Properties of Photovoltaic Polymers

(2011) Lijun Huo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A New Class of Semiconducting Polymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Exceptionally High Performance

(2010) Yongye Liang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

For the Bright Future-Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

(2010) Yongye Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

High-performance polymer heterojunction solar cells of a polysilafluorene derivative

(2008) Ergang Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Development of New Semiconducting Polymers for High Performance Solar Cells

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