Miscibility-Function Relations in Organic Solar Cells: Significance of Optimal Miscibility in Relation to Percolation

Introducing a New Potential Figure of Merit for Evaluating Microstructure Stability in Photovoltaic Polymer-Fullerene Blends

(2017) José Darío Perea et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Fused Nonacyclic Electron Acceptors for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2017) Shuixing Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

9.73% Efficiency Nonfullerene All Organic Small Molecule Solar Cells with Absorption-Complementary Donor and Acceptor

(2017) Haijun Bin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

50th Anniversary Perspective: Phase Behavior of Polymer Solutions and Blends

(2017) Piotr Knychała et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Predicting Flory-Huggins χ from Simulations

(2017) Wenlin Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Chain conformations and phase behavior of conjugated polymers

(2017) Brooke Kuei et al.   Soft Matter

Abnormal strong burn-in degradation of highly efficient polymer solar cells caused by spinodal donor-acceptor demixing

(2017) Ning Li et al.   Nature Communications

A Facile Method to Fine-Tune Polymer Aggregation Properties and Blend Morphology of Polymer Solar Cells Using Donor Polymers with Randomly Distributed Alkyl Chains

(2017) Huatong Yao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Using Ultralow Dosages of Electron Acceptor to Reveal the Early Stage Donor-Acceptor Electronic Interactions in Bulk Heterojunction Blends

(2017) Carr Hoi Yi Ho et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Influence of Donor Polymer on the Molecular Ordering of Small Molecular Acceptors in Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells

(2017) Huawei Hu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Molecular weight tuning of low bandgap polymers by continuous flow chemistry: increasing the applicability of PffBT4T for organic photovoltaics

(2017) Geert Pirotte et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Origin of fullerene-induced vitrification of fullerene:donor polymer photovoltaic blends and its impact on solar cell performance

(2017) Paul Westacott et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Strong polymer molecular weight-dependent material interactions: impact on the formation of the polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction morphology

(2017) Joo-Hyun Kim et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Petascale Simulations of the Morphology and the Molecular Interface of Bulk Heterojunctions

(2016) Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2016) Pei Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Panchromatic Sequentially Cast Ternary Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Masoud Ghasemi 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

High Performance Organic Solar Cells Processed by Blade Coating in Air from a Benign Food Additive Solution

(2016) Long Ye et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

Measuring the Degree of Crystallinity in Semicrystalline Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2016) Xiaobo Shen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Green-solvent-processable organic solar cells

(2016) Shaoqing Zhang et al.   Materials Today

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

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

(2016) Haijun Bin et al.   Nature Communications

Real-Time Photoluminescence Studies of Structure Evolution in Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Sebastian Engmann et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Overcoming the Thermal Instability of Efficient Polymer Solar Cells by Employing Novel Fullerene-Based Acceptors

(2016) Chaohong Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Temperature Dependence of Ideality Factors in Organic Solar Cells and the Relation to Radiative Efficiency

(2016) Kristofer Tvingstedt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells: Critical Factors that Affect Complex Multi-Length Scale Morphology and Device Performance

(2016) Long Ye et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

(2016) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Nature Energy

Fast charge separation in a non-fullerene organic solar cell with a small driving force

(2016) Jing Liu et al.   Nature Energy

Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Use in Organic Solar Cells

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

Enhanced Efficiency in Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cell by Incorporating Fine-designed Donor and Acceptor Materials

(2015) Long Ye 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

Temperature Dependence of Exciton Diffusion in a Small-Molecule Organic Semiconductor Processed With and Without Additive

(2015) Jason D. A. Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Power of Materials Science Tools for Gaining Insights into Organic Semiconductors

(2015) Neil D. Treat et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Dynamics, Miscibility, and Morphology in Polymer:Molecule Blends: The Impact of Chemical Functionality

(2015) Khanh Do et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Significance of miscibility in multidonor bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Benjamin F. Hartmeier et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

In Situ Characterization of Polymer–Fullerene Bilayer Stability

(2015) Deborah Leman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Temperature Dependence of Charge Carrier Generation in Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Feng Gao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A real-time study of the benefits of co-solvents in polymer solar cell processing

(2015) Jacobus J. van Franeker et al.   Nature Communications

Impact of charge transport on current–voltage characteristics and power-conversion efficiency of organic solar cells

(2015) Uli Würfel et al.   Nature Communications

Significance of Average Domain Purity and Mixed Domains on the Photovoltaic Performance of High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Small-Molecule BHJ Solar Cells

(2015) Subhrangsu Mukherjee et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Beyond Langevin Recombination: How Equilibrium Between Free Carriers and Charge Transfer States Determines the Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Timothy M. Burke et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Influence of Processing Parameters and Molecular Weight on the Morphology and Properties of High-Performance PffBT4T-2OD:PC71BM Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Wei Ma et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Versatile third components for efficient and stable organic solar cells

(2015) Pei Cheng et al.   Materials Horizons

Molecular Weight Dependence of the Morphology in P3HT:PCBM Solar Cells

(2014) Feng Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

Quantification of Nano- and Mesoscale Phase Separation and Relation to Donor and Acceptor Quantum Efficiency,Jsc, and FF in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells

(2014) Wei Ma et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fast Printing and In Situ Morphology Observation of Organic Photovoltaics Using Slot-Die Coating

(2014) Feng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Increased Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells by Reduced Donor-Acceptor Interface Area

(2014) Koen Vandewal et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Phase Separation in Bulk Heterojunctions of Semiconducting Polymers and Fullerenes for Photovoltaics

(2014) Neil D. Treat et al.   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Morphology and Performance Relationships

(2014) Ye Huang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

The Impact of Fullerene Structure on Its Miscibility with P3HT and Its Correlation of Performance in Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Huipeng Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

The Next Breakthrough for Organic Photovoltaics?

(2014) Nicholas E. Jackson et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Quantifying Crystallinity in High Molar Mass Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2014) Chad R. Snyder et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Morphology linked to miscibility in highly amorphous semi-conducting polymer/fullerene blends

(2014) John R. Tumbleston et al.   POLYMER

Selecting a Donor Polymer for Realizing Favorable Morphology in Efficient Non-fullerene Acceptor-based Solar Cells

(2014) Long Ye et al.   Small

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics: an emerging horizon

(2014) Yuze Lin et al.   Materials Horizons

Fluorinated Polymer Yields High Organic Solar Cell Performance for a Wide Range of Morphologies

(2013) John R. Tumbleston et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Spin-Cast Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: A Dynamical Investigation

(2013) Kang Wei Chou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

How High Local Charge Carrier Mobility and an Energy Cascade in a Three-Phase Bulk Heterojunction Enable >90% Quantum Efficiency

(2013) Timothy M. Burke et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Molecular-Weight Regular Alternating Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based Terpolymers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Koen H. Hendriks et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Predicting Morphologies of Solution Processed Polymer:Fullerene Blends

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

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

Linear Side Chains in Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene–Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Polymers Direct Self-Assembly and Solar Cell Performance

(2013) Clément Cabanetos et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structural Factors That Affect the Performance of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2013) Koen Vandewal et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Domain Purity, Miscibility, and Molecular Orientation at Donor/Acceptor Interfaces in High Performance Organic Solar Cells: Paths to Further Improvement

(2013) Wei Ma et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Competition between morphological attributes in the thermal annealing and additive processing of polymer solar cells

(2013) Wei Ma et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

From Binary to Ternary Solvent: Morphology Fine-tuning of D/A Blends in PDPP3T-based Polymer Solar Cells

(2012) Long Ye et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Quantitative Determination of Organic Semiconductor Microstructure from the Molecular to Device Scale

(2012) Jonathan Rivnay et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

The relative importance of domain size, domain purity and domain interfaces to the performance of bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaics

(2012) Benjamin P. Lyons et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Quantitative compositional analysis of organic thin films using transmission NEXAFS spectroscopy in an X-ray microscope

(2012) Brian A. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA

On the morphology of polymer-based photovoltaics

(2012) Feng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Polymer-Fullerene Miscibility: A Metric for Screening New Materials for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Neil D. Treat et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-Phenyl-C61-butyric Acid Methyl Ester Mixing in Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Hyun Wook Ro et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effect of Miscibility and Percolation on Electron Transport in Amorphous Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)/Phenyl-C61-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester Blends

(2012) Kiarash Vakhshouri et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Soft x-ray scattering facility at the Advanced Light Source with real-time data processing and analysis

(2012) E. Gann et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

The Importance of Fullerene Percolation in the Mixed Regions of Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2012) Jonathan A. Bartelt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Absolute Measurement of Domain Composition and Nanoscale Size Distribution Explains Performance in PTB7:PC71BM Solar Cells

(2012) Brian A. Collins et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A New Model for the Morphology of P3HT/PCBM Organic Photovoltaics from Small-Angle Neutron Scattering: Rivers and Streams

(2011) Wen Yin et al.   ACS Nano

Miscibility, Crystallinity, and Phase Development in P3HT/PCBM Solar Cells: Toward an Enlightened Understanding of Device Morphology and Stability

(2011) Brian A. Collins et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Effects of Additives on the Morphology of Solution Phase Aggregates Formed by Active Layer Components of High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Sylvia J. Lou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fullerene-Dependent Miscibility in the Silole-Containing Copolymer PSBTBT-08

(2011) Brian A. Collins et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymer Crystallization of Partially Miscible Polythiophene/Fullerene Mixtures Controls Morphology

(2011) Derek R. Kozub et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Active Layers via Bilayer Interdiffusion

(2011) Dian Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with Long Operating Lifetimes

(2011) Craig H. Peters et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

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

(2010) Yongye Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molecular Miscibility of Polymer−Fullerene Blends

(2010) Brian A. Collins et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Synthetic Control of Structural Order inN-Alkylthieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Polymers for Efficient Solar Cells

(2010) Claudia Piliego et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

P3HT/PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics: Correlating Efficiency and Morphology

(2010) Dian Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Interdiffusion of PCBM and P3HT Reveals Miscibility in a Photovoltaically Active Blend

(2010) Neil D. Treat et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A Thermally Stable Semiconducting Polymer

(2009) Shinuk Cho et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Quantitative Study of PCBM Diffusion during Annealing of P3HT:PCBM Blend Films

(2009) Benjamin Watts et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100%

(2009) Sung Heum Park et al.   Nature Photonics

Nanoparticle concentration profile in polymer-based solar cells

(2009) Jonathan W. Kiel et al.   Soft Matter

Crystalline−Amorphous Interaction in Relation to the Phase Diagrams of Binary Polymer Blends Containing a Crystalline Constituent

(2008) Pankaj Rathi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B