The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors

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Phenol-Functionalized Perylene Bisimides as Amine-Free Electron Transporting Interlayers for Stable Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Xinbo Wen et al.

Summary: A new electron transporting layer composed of PBI-2P is successfully applied to nonfullerene organic solar cells, resulting in improved device stability and efficiency.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2022)

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Slip-Stacked J-Aggregate Materials for Organic Solar Cells and Photodetectors

Jin Hong Kim et al.

Summary: This review explores how interactions between dyes in organic semiconductor films impact the optical and electronic properties, and discusses the tailoring of these properties for organic solar cells and organic photodiodes. The relationships between aggregate structure and functional properties of dye aggregates are analyzed, providing insights for the rational design of thin-film optoelectronic materials.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2022)

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Printing fabrication of large-area non-fullerene organic solar cells

Peiyao Xue et al.

Summary: Organic solar cells (OSCs) based on a bulk heterojunction structure have inherent advantages, but face efficiency loss challenges when scaling up to large areas. Research on large-area OSCs using non-fullerene acceptors has increased recently. Fabrication technology, equipment development, and device component processing strategy are crucial in upscaling OSCs.

MATERIALS HORIZONS (2022)

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Tandem Organic Solar Cell with 20.2% Efficiency

Zhong Zheng et al.

Summary: A advanced interconnecting layer for tandem organic solar cell is developed in this study. By controlling the O-2 flux during evaporation, efficient electron extraction and low Schottky barrier are obtained, enabling effective charge recombination between two subcells. The tandem cell with the interconnecting layer shows a high efficiency of 20.27%.

JOULE (2022)

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An alcohol-dispersed conducting polymer complex for fully printable organic solar cells with improved stability

Youyu Jiang et al.

Summary: Researchers have developed an alcohol-dispersed PEDOT formulation for efficient and stable organic solar cells. The formulation shows good wetting properties and low acidity, avoiding the drawbacks of aqueous PEDOT:PSS. Organic photovoltaics based on PEDOT:F achieved a power conversion efficiency of 15% and retained 83% of the initial efficiency after 1,330 hours of continuous illumination.

NATURE ENERGY (2022)

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End-Group Functionalization of Non-Fullerene Acceptors for High External Quantum Efficiency over 150 000% in Photomultiplication Type Organic Photodetectors

Seongwon Yoon et al.

Summary: This study explores the impact of end-functionalization of a novel extended aromatic fused-ring non-fullerene acceptor on carrier trap/transit time in PM-OPDs. It is found that fluorination of the NFA can enhance the deepest lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level and non-isotropic molecular ordering, leading to longer carrier lifetime. Additionally, fluorination of the NFA can improve its hydrophobic nature, allowing for efficient injection barrier thinning and maximizing hole injection efficiency from the cathode.

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Polymerized Small-Molecule Acceptors for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells

Zhi-Guo Zhang et al.

Summary: All-polymer solar cells have attracted significant research interest due to their good film formation, stable morphology, and mechanical flexibility. The strategy of polymerizing small-molecule acceptors to construct new-generation polymer acceptors has significantly increased the power conversion efficiency, but current challenges and future prospects still need to be addressed.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

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Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

Safakath Karuthedath et al.

Summary: In bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptors, ultrafast donor-to-acceptor energy transfer precedes hole transfer, and an ionization energy offset of about 0.5 eV is required for efficient charge separation.

NATURE MATERIALS (2021)

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Organic photovoltaic modules with new world record efficiencies

Andreas Distler et al.

Summary: The research demonstrates the successful upscaling of highly efficient OPV systems to large area modules, achieving two new certified world record efficiencies by optimizing module layout and laser structuring processes, and maximizing geometric fill factors.

PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS (2021)

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Design of All-Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors with High Thermal, Chemical, and Photochemical Stability for Organic Photovoltaics

Xiaozhang Zhu et al.

Summary: A new type of all-fused-ring electron acceptor (ITYM) has been designed and synthesized, showing extraordinary stability and promising performance compared to classical carbon-bridged INCN-type acceptors, opening up a new avenue for high-efficiency and -stability organic photovoltaics.

CCS CHEMISTRY (2021)

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Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors for Photovoltaics and Beyond

Jiayu Wang et al.

Summary: The emerging solar cell technologies, such as organic solar cells (OSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), are attracting attention due to advantages like easy fabrication, low cost, flexibility, and short energy payback time. The development of fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) has led to significant improvements in power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of OSCs, reaching up to 18%, and has initiated a shift from fullerene-based systems to nonfullerene systems within the field.

ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH (2021)

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A molecular interaction-diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability

Masoud Ghasemi et al.

Summary: The diffusion of NF-SMA into the donor polymer exhibits Arrhenius behavior, with the activation energy linearly scaling with the enthalpic interaction parameters between the two materials. The most thermodynamically unstable systems are the most kinetically stabilized.

NATURE MATERIALS (2021)

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Asymmetric Alkoxy and Alkyl Substitution on Nonfullerene Acceptors Enabling High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Yuzhong Chen et al.

Summary: The paper presents a strategy of asymmetric alkyl and alkoxy substitution on Y-series nonfullerene acceptors, achieving great performance in organic solar cell devices. Asymmetric substitution on Y6 results in a molecule that maintains V-oc improvement and good solubility, enabling highly efficient nonfullerene OSCs. This asymmetric side-chain strategy shows potential for improving the performance of other NFA-material systems.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2021)

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Elucidating the Full Potential of OPV Materials Utilizing a High-Throughput Robot-Based Platform and Machine Learning

Xiaoyan Du et al.

Summary: The study demonstrates automated characterization of organic photovoltaic materials and devices, with optimization guided by Gaussian process regression. Improving molecular ordering and using thin active layers with medium thermal annealing temperature are identified as effective ways to enhance efficiency and suppress burn-in losses. The research findings enable rapid screening of materials with high efficiency and photostability.

JOULE (2021)

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High Efficiency (15.8%) All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Regioregular Narrow Bandgap Polymer Acceptor

Huiting Fu et al.

Summary: A new class of narrow-bandgap polymer acceptors, the PZT series, was developed to address challenges in all-polymer solar cells, resulting in improved performance due to red-shifted optical absorption and up-shifted energy levels. The regioregular PZT-gamma was specifically designed to avoid isomer formation during polymerization, leading to enhanced efficiency, short-circuit current density, and energy loss in all-PSCs.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2021)

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Narrowband organic photodetectors - towards miniaturized, spectroscopic sensing

Yazhong Wang et al.

Summary: This review summarizes recent advancements in organic photodetectors, focusing on narrowband OPDs' preparation, performance optimization, and potential applications. Current challenges and future research directions are also addressed to stimulate further studies in this field.

MATERIALS HORIZONS (2021)

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A guest-assisted molecular-organization approach for >17% efficiency organic solar cells using environmentally friendly solvents

Haiyang Chen et al.

Summary: The research team successfully achieved power conversion efficiencies of over 17% in organic solar cells processed from green solvent paraxylene (PX) using a guest-assisted assembly strategy. This approach improved device operational stability and enabled uniform deposition on large-area modules with high efficiency, paving the way for industrial development of organic solar cells.

NATURE ENERGY (2021)

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Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells

Chao Li et al.

Summary: The molecular design of acceptor and donor molecules has significantly advanced organic photovoltaics. By introducing branched alkyl chains in non-fullerene acceptors, favorable morphology in the active layer can be achieved, leading to a certified device efficiency of 17.9%. This modification can completely alter the molecular packing behavior of non-fullerene acceptors, resulting in improved structural order and charge transport in thin films.

NATURE ENERGY (2021)

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Molecular Packing in the Active Layers of Organic Solar Cells Based on Non-Fullerene Acceptors: Impact of Isomerization on Charge Transport, Exciton Dissociation, and Nonradiative Recombination

Grit Kupgan et al.

Summary: The study investigates the impact of molecular packing on the performance of organic solar cells, revealing the influence of packing configurations on electronic properties and essential rate-dependent processes. It demonstrates that power conversion efficiencies in some blends could be enhanced by better control of packing configurations.

ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS (2021)

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54 cm2 Large-Area Flexible Organic Solar Modules with Efficiency Above 13%

Fei Qin et al.

Summary: This study presents efficient large-area flexible single cells and modules based on flexible electrodes, as well as a flexible power source for charging. The electrodes exhibit low surface roughness and excellent optoelectronic and mechanical properties.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2021)

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Mechanism of the Photodegradation of A-D-A Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics**

Yuxuan Che et al.

Summary: The study elucidated the photodegradation pathway of A-D-A-type non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics by isolating and analyzing the photoproducts formed. The addition of photoproducts to bulk heterojunction cells was found to decrease photocurrent and fill factor, indicating a negative impact on performance. This reaction is a general pathway for a series of A-D-A molecules and its rate depends on the structure of donor and acceptor moieties.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

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Side-Chain Engineering for Enhancing the Molecular Rigidity and Photovoltaic Performance of Noncovalently Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors

Xin Zhang et al.

Summary: Side-chain engineering is an effective strategy for regulating solubility and packing behavior of organic materials. The introduction of terminal side-chains in a new noncovalently fused-ring electron acceptor has shown to enhance molecular rigidity and intermolecular pi-pi stacking, resulting in record power conversion efficiency for organic solar cells.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

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A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells

Xian-Kai Chen et al.

Summary: Researchers provide a general description of non-radiative voltage losses and find that the latest organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors can reduce this loss. The study shows that photoluminescence yield is a critical factor in determining the lower limit of non-radiative voltage losses.

NATURE ENERGY (2021)

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Dynamics of photoconversion processes: the energetic cost of lifetime gain in photosynthetic and photovoltaic systems

Robert Godin et al.

Summary: The study focuses on comparing the charge carrier dynamics in photovoltaic and photosynthetic systems, and their relationship with the energy of high energy species and energy loss. It reveals that larger energy costs are incurred in extending the lifetime of charge carriers in these systems.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2021)

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Near-infrared small molecule coupled with rigidness and flexibility for high-performance multimodal imaging-guided photodynamic and photothermal synergistic therapy

Xiaozhen Li et al.

Summary: The synergistic effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) shows superior clinical application prospects compared to single PDT or PTT. By designing and synthesizing a near-infrared (NIR) small molecule (ETTC), multiple functions such as NIR-II fluorescence imaging, photoacoustic imaging, PTT, and PDT were successfully achieved and optimized. This work provides a novel perspective for the development of efficient and versatile biomedical applications in a single molecule.

NANOSCALE HORIZONS (2021)

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Polymer photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical energy conversion

Tanmay Banerjee et al.

Summary: Organic polymeric photocatalysts offer a promising solution for sustainable energy resources with their precise molecular backbone and broad design space. By analyzing the photophysical and physico-chemical concepts, design principles and future research directions in the emerging field of 'soft photocatalysis' can be derived. The review discusses the fundamental concepts governing the photocatalytic performance of organic polymer photocatalysts and explores the challenges and potential future developments in the field.

NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS (2021)

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A High-Performance Solution-Processed Organic Photodetector for Near-Infrared Sensing

Jianfei Huang et al.

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Unraveling the Microstructure-Related Device Stability for Polymer Solar Cells Based on Nonfullerene Small-Molecular Acceptors

Xiaoyan Du et al.

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Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles

Jan Kosco et al.

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Highly efficient all-inorganic perovskite solar cells with suppressed non-radiative recombination by a Lewis base

Jing Wang et al.

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High-Performance Fluorinated Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor with 3D Stacking and Exciton/Charge Transport

Shuixing Dai et al.

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Ultrafast and broadband photodetectors based on a perovskite/organic bulk heterojunction for large-dynamic-range imaging

Chenglong Li et al.

LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS (2020)

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A molecular tandem cell for efficient solar water splitting

Degao Wang et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2020)

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Highly Conjugated, Fused-Ring, Quadrupolar Organic Chromophores with Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Sections in the Near-Infrared

Taylor G. Allen et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A (2020)

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Light Harvesting at Oblique Incidence Decoupled from Transmission in Organic Solar Cells Exhibiting 9.8% Efficiency and 50% Visible Light Transparency

Quan Liu et al.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2020)

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Constructing High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics via Emerging Non-Fullerene Acceptors and Tandem-Junction Structure

Pei Cheng et al.

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High-Performance Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells with Excellent Infrared Reflection and See-Through Functions

Di Wang et al.

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Ladder-Type Heteroheptacenes with Different Heterocycles for Nonfullerene Acceptors

Yunlong Ma et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

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14.4% efficiency all-polymer solar cell with broad absorption and low energy loss enabled by a novel polymer acceptor

Tao Jia et al.

NANO ENERGY (2020)

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Improving Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by A Near-Infrared-Absorbing Moisture Barrier

Qin Hu et al.

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Fine-Tuning Energy Levels via Asymmetric End Groups Enables Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 17%

Zhenghui Luo et al.

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Perovskite and Organic Solar Cells on a Rocket Flight

Lennart K. Reb et al.

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Integrated Perovskite/Organic Photovoltaics with Ultrahigh Photocurrent and Photoresponse Approaching 1000 nm

Mingyu Zhang et al.

SOLAR RRL (2020)

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A Narrow-Bandgap n-Type Polymer with an Acceptor-Acceptor Backbone Enabling Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

Huiliang Sun et al.

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An NIR-II-Emissive Photosensitizer for Hypoxia-Tolerant Photodynamic Theranostics

Lanqing Li et al.

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Self-filtering narrowband high performance organic photodetectors enabled by manipulating localized Frenkel exciton dissociation

Boming Xie et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

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Delocalization of exciton and electron wavefunction in non-fullerene acceptor molecules enables efficient organic solar cells

Guichuan Zhang et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

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Ultrafast and Long-Range Exciton Migration through Anisotropic Coulombic Coupling in the Textured Films of Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors

Jiadong Zhou et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS (2020)

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Color-neutral, semitransparent organic photovoltaics for power window applications

Yongxi Li et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2020)

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Designing and understanding light-harvesting devices with machine learning

Florian Hase et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

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Long-range exciton diffusion in molecular non-fullerene acceptors

Yuliar Firdaus et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)

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The role of exciton lifetime for charge generation in organic solar cells at negligible energy-level offsets

Andrej Classen et al.

NATURE ENERGY (2020)

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Approaching 16% Efficiency in All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Based on Ternary Strategy with a Highly Crystalline Acceptor

Li Nian et al.

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Effective Modulation of Exciton Binding Energies in Polymorphs of a Small-Molecule Acceptor for Organic Photovoltaics

Lingyun Zhu et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS (2020)

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A Universal Fluorinated Polymer Acceptor Enables All-Polymer Solar Cells with >15% Efficiency

Feng Peng et al.

ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2020)

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Charge separation boosts exciton diffusion in fused ring electron acceptors

Junyi Liu et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2020)

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Improving the charge transport of the ternary blend active layer for efficient semitransparent organic solar cells

Pan Yin et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2020)

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Processing Strategies for an Organic Photovoltaic Module with over 10% Efficiency

Chuang-Yi Liao et al.

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Single-crystal field-effect transistors based on a fused-ring electron acceptor with high ambipolar mobilities

Chengyi Xiao et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C (2020)

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Over 17% efficiency ternary organic solar cells enabled by two non-fullerene acceptors working in an alloy-like model

Lingling Zhan et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2020)

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Fluorination Effects on Indacenodithienothiophene Acceptor Packing and Electronic Structure, End-Group Redistribution, and Solar Cell Photovoltaic Response

Thomas J. Aldrich et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2019)

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Reduced Energy Loss Enabled by a Chlorinated Thiophene-Fused Ending-Group Small Molecular Acceptor for Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with 13.6% Efficiency

Zhenghui Luo et al.

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Benzotriazole-Based Acceptor and Donors, Coupled with Chlorination, Achieve a High VOC of 1.24 V and an Efficiency of 10.5% in Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cells

Ailing Tang et al.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2019)

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High Exciton Diffusion Coefficients in Fused Ring Electron Acceptor Films

Sreelakshmi Chandrabose et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2019)

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Facile Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Based Acceptors with Fine-Tuned Optoelectronic Properties: Toward Efficient Additive-Free Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Yang Wang et al.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2019)

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Nonfullerene n-Type Organic Semiconductors for Perovskite Solar Cells

Mingyu Zhang et al.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2019)

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A Small-Molecule Charge Driver enables Perovskite Quantum Dot Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 13%

Jingjing Xue et al.

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Regio-Specific Selenium Substitution in Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Francis Lin et al.

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Impact of molecular quadrupole moments on the energy levels at organic heterojunctions

Martin Schwarze et al.

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1 cm2 Organic Photovoltaic Cells for Indoor Application with over 20% Efficiency

Yong Cui et al.

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Extending the Photovoltaic Response of Perovskite Solar Cells into the Near-Infrared with a Narrow-Bandgap Organic Semiconductor

Xiaoming Zhao et al.

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Achieving Small Exciton Binding Energies in Small Molecule Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells: Effect of Molecular Packing

Lingyun Zhu et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS (2019)

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Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applications

Yong Cui et al.

NATURE ENERGY (2019)

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Charge-transfer electronic states in organic solar cells

Veaceslav Coropceanu et al.

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Biodegradable π-Conjugated Oligomer Nanoparticles with High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Cancer Theranostics

Xiaozhen Li et al.

ACS NANO (2019)

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Ternary Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency >16.5% Based on Two Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors

Jiali Song et al.

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Enhancing the Performance of a Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor by Unidirectional Extension

Boyu Jia et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2019)

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Unraveling Sunlight by Transparent Organic Semiconductors toward Photovoltaic and Photosynthesis

Yugiang Liu et al.

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Highly Efficient Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells with Color Rendering Index Approaching 100

Jingwen Zhang et al.

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Efficient hybrid colloidal quantum dot/organic solar cells mediated by near-infrared sensitizing small molecules

Se-Woong Baek et al.

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A Simple Phenyl Group Introduced at the Tail of Alkyl Side Chains of Small Molecular Acceptors: New Strategy to Balance the Crystallinity of Acceptors and Miscibility of Bulk Heterojunction Enabling Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Yonghai Li et al.

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Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Non-fullerene Acceptors with Potential Device Lifetime Approaching 10 Years

Xiaoyan Du et al.

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Rylene Diimide Electron Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells

Jiayu Wang et al.

TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY (2019)

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Low Energetic Disorder in Small-Molecule Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors

Grit Kupgan et al.

ACS MATERIALS LETTERS (2019)

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Single-Junction Organic Solar Cell with over 15% Efficiency Using Fused-Ring Acceptor with Electron-Deficient Core

Jun Yuan et al.

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Alkyl Chain Tuning of Small Molecule Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Kui Jiang et al.

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Isomer-free: Precise Positioning of Chlorine-Induced Interpenetrating Charge Transfer for Elevated Solar Conversion

Hanjian Lai et al.

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Novel acceptor-donor-acceptor structured small molecule-based nanoparticles for highly efficient photothermal therapy

Yu Cai et al.

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Flexible organic photovoltaics based on water-processed silver nanowire electrodes

Yanna Sun et al.

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Conformation Locking on Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor for High-Performance Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Zhuohan Zhang et al.

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Organic Photovoltaics over Three Decades

Olle Inganaes

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Fused Tris(thienothiophene)-Based Electron Acceptor with Strong Near-Infrared Absorption for High-Performance As-Cast Solar Cells

Tengfei Li et al.

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Enhancing the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells via Core Engineering of NIR-Absorbing Electron Acceptors

Shuixing Dai et al.

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Stable High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells via Grain Boundary Passivation

Tianqi Niu et al.

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Hidden Structure Ordering Along Backbone of Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors Enhanced by Ternary Bulk Heterojunction

Jiangquan Mai et al.

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Balanced Partnership between Donor and Acceptor Components in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with >12% Efficiency

Yuze Lin et al.

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Over 14% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Chlorinated Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors

Hao Zhang et al.

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Unique Energy Alignments of a Ternary Material System toward High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics

Pei Cheng et al.

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Dithieno[3,2-b:2 ',3 '-d]pyrrol Fused Nonfullerene Acceptors Enabling Over 13% Efficiency for Organic Solar Cells

Jia Sun et al.

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Crucial breakthrough of second near-infrared biological window fluorophores: design and synthesis toward multimodal imaging and theranostics

Shuqing He et al.

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Effect of Core Size on Performance of Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors

Shuixing Dai et al.

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Panchromatic Ternary Photovoltaic Cells Using a Nonfullerene Acceptor Synthesized Using C-H Functionalization

Junxiang Zhang et al.

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Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on S,N-Heteroacene Non-Fullerene Acceptors

Chuyi Huang et al.

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Effect of Isomerization on High-Performance Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors

Jiayu Wang et al.

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