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Recent research progress of all-polymer solar cells based on PSMA-type polymer acceptors

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SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY (2022)

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SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY (2022)

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NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW (2022)

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MATTER (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Random copolymerization strategy for non-halogenated solvent-processed all-polymer solar cells with a high efficiency of over 17%

Jiabin Zhang et al.

Summary: By adopting a random copolymerization strategy, the donor polymer JD40-BDD20 for non-halogenated solvent-processed all-PSCs shows improved solubility, suitable pre-aggregation and crystallinity, and superior miscibility with the acceptor PJTVT. The incorporation of the BDD unit enables a favorable morphology, leading to enhanced device performance with a PCE reaching 17.21% when using PA-5 as the acceptor.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Sequentially regular polymer acceptors featuring flexible spacers for high-performance and mechanically robust all-polymer solar cells

Jin-Woo Lee et al.

Summary: This study achieves highly efficient and mechanically robust polymer solar cells by designing a polymerized small-molecule acceptor with regular flexible spacers. The resulting solar cells show high power conversion efficiency and stretchability, and are fabricated using an environmentally friendly solvent process.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2022)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Mechanically robust all-polymer solar cells enabled by polymerized small molecule acceptors featuring flexible siloxane-spacers

Jin-Woo Lee et al.

Summary: This study develops a new polymerized small-molecule acceptor with a flexible siloxane spacer to enhance the mechanical robustness of all-PSCs. Additionally, the solubility of the acceptor is improved, enabling the fabrication of high-performance all-PSCs using non-halogenated solvent.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Solid additive tuning of polymer blend morphology enables non-halogenated-solvent all-polymer solar cells with an efficiency of over 17%

Ke Hu et al.

Summary: This study utilizes non-halogenated solvent toluene and volatilizable DTT solid additive to process all-polymer solar cells, achieving eco-friendly and high efficiency. The DTT solid additive fine-tunes the aggregation of polymer donors and acceptors, resulting in active layers with appropriate domain size and high purity, leading to improved performance of the all-polymer solar cells.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

An efficient polymer acceptor via a random polymerization strategy enables all-polymer solar cells with efficiency exceeding 17%

Yun Li et al.

Summary: This study developed a series of polymer acceptors using a random copolymerization strategy, which demonstrated better optical and electronic properties compared to traditional polymer acceptors. The highest efficiency all-polymer solar cell to date was successfully fabricated.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Design of Non-fused Ring Acceptors toward High-Performance, Stable, and Low-Cost Organic Photovoltaics

Qing Shen et al.

Summary: This article comprehensively summarizes the work on non-fused ring electron acceptors (NFREAs) in terms of molecular design and efficiency optimization, material cost, and stability. By addressing the issues of conformational unicity and effective molecular packing, NFREAs can achieve higher efficiencies. In addition, the simplified synthesis routes of NFREAs greatly reduce the complexity and cost of production. Strategies for improving intrinsic material stability, photostability, and thermal stability are also discussed. NFREAs have the potential to drive the development of organic solar cells (OSCs) towards high performance, stability, and low cost.

ACCOUNTS OF MATERIALS RESEARCH (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Manipulating the D:A interfacial energetics and intermolecular packing for 19.2% efficiency organic photovoltaics

Chengliang He et al.

Summary: Manipulating the donor:acceptor energetics is crucial for achieving balanced charge separation and recombination in organic solar cells (OSCs). In this study, a non-fullerene electron acceptor, BTP-H2, was designed and synthesized to pair with the polymer donor PM6, showing strong intermolecular interaction and near-zero highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) offset. The results demonstrated efficient charge separation and optimized energy conversion, leading to high-performance OSCs with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.5% and a peak photon-to-electron response of approximately 90%.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2022)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Exciton Binding Energy of Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors

Yufan Zhu et al.

Summary: In recent years, the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells has significantly improved due to the advantages of non-fullerene acceptors. However, the large exciton binding energy caused by strong Coulombic force still limits the development of high-performance organic solar cells. Therefore, reducing the exciton binding energy is crucial for further enhancing device performance. This perspective discusses the calculation methods for exciton binding energy and its relationship with voltage loss, as well as the effects of different properties of small-molecule acceptors on exciton binding energy. Potential directions for reducing exciton binding energy and the trade-off between exciton binding energy and bandgaps/miscibility are also proposed.

ADVANCED ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH (2022)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

All-polymer solar cells with over 16% efficiency and enhanced stability enabled by compatible solvent and polymer additives

Ruijie Ma et al.

Summary: In this study, the morphology of the active layer in all-polymer solar cells was fine-tuned using solvent additive and polymer additive, resulting in an efficiency of 16.04%. Altering the shape of crystallites enhanced charge transport, reduced recombination, and suppressed energy loss, leading to improved device efficiency and stability.

AGGREGATE (2022)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Achieving high efficiency and well-kept ductility in ternary all-polymer organic photovoltaic blends thanks to two well miscible donors

Ruijie Ma et al.

Summary: All-polymer solar cells (APSCs) are a promising application-oriented photovoltaic technology that offers operational and mechanical stability. However, their low power conversion efficiency has limited their competitiveness compared to other types of solar cells. In this study, we achieved improved performance of APSCs by enhancing energy transfer, tuning crystallinity, and improving phase separation, leading to faster charge transfer, balanced charge transport, suppressed exciton recombination, and more efficient charge extraction. The study also highlighted the importance of good miscibility between polymer donors in maintaining film morphology and ductility.

MATTER (2022)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Polymerizing small molecular acceptors for efficient all-polymer solar cells

Yuxin Kong et al.

Summary: This article focuses on the importance of controlling the regioregularity of polymerized small molecular acceptors (PSMAs) in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). The integration of regioregular PSMAs improves the absorption, backbone ordering, and blend morphology of the polymer acceptors compared to regiorandom ones. These regioregular PSMAs also enable repeatable synthesis and reproducible device performance, which is essential for scaling-up and commercializing all-PSCs. The article discusses the challenges and prospects of PSMAs as a new platform for advancing all-PSCs.

INFOMAT (2022)

Review Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Morphology control in high-efficiency all-polymer solar cells

Kangkang Zhou et al.

Summary: This review discusses high-performance strategies for all-polymer solar cells (All-PSCs), focusing on morphology control. By driving the molecular design of novel polymer acceptors and optimizing morphology, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of All-PSCs has rapidly developed and exceeded 17%. The crucial role of molecular miscibility in influencing morphological features and performance metrics is emphasized.

INFOMAT (2022)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Donor-Acceptor Alternating Copolymer Compatibilizers for Thermally Stable, Mechanically Robust, and High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Jin-Woo Lee et al.

Summary: The study demonstrates the use of donor-acceptor alternating copolymer-type compatibilizers (DACCs) in high-performance SMA-based organic solar cells to enhance their power conversion efficiency, thermal stability, and mechanical robustness. Addition of DACCs effectively reduces interfacial tensions and stabilizes interfaces in polymer donor (P-D)-SMA blends, resulting in desired morphologies with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical robustness. OSCs with 20 wt % DACCs exhibit excellent morphological stability, retaining over 95% of initial power conversion efficiency after 300 hours at elevated temperature, contrasting with control OSCs without DACCs which degraded rapidly.

ACS NANO (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Highly Efficient and Stable All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Near-Infrared Isomerized Polymer Acceptors

Tao Wang et al.

Summary: This study investigated the effects of regioisomerized structures on the molecular and photovoltaic properties of near-infrared polymer acceptors (P(A)s) constructed from n-type fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs). The results showed that the PYTT-2 system had the best photovoltaic performance and stability among the three isomeric FREA-based P(A)s.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Introducing Electron-Withdrawing Linking Units and Thiophene π-Bridges into Polymerized Small Molecule Acceptors for High-Efficiency All-Polymer Solar Cells

Liuyang Zhou et al.

Summary: The study demonstrates that introducing weak electron-withdrawing A-units and thiophene pi-bridges can enhance the performance of all-polymer solar cells by synthesizing a series of narrow bandgap polymer acceptors.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

15.4% Efficiency all-polymer solar cells

Long Zhang et al.

Summary: By tuning the molecular weights of the polymer donor, researchers achieved a record-high power conversion efficiency in all-polymer solar cells. The combination of polymer donors with a newly reported polymer acceptor resulted in unprecedented high PCE and fill factor values. Detailed morphology investigation revealed the importance of proper phase separation in achieving superior device performance in all-polymer solar cells.

SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Efficient, Thermally Stable, and Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells Consisting of the Same Benzodithiophene Unit-Based Polymer Acceptor and Donor with High Molecular Compatibility

Jin-Woo Lee et al.

Summary: Researchers have developed a series of polymer acceptors based on non-fullerene small molecule acceptors, which show enhanced compatibility and performance when blended with high-performance polymer donors.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

The Intrinsic Role of Molecular Mass and Polydispersity Index in High-Performance Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells

Mumin Shi et al.

Summary: The degree of polymerization significantly affects the microstructure and performance of non-fullerene polymer solar cells, while the diverse stability issues pose a challenge for evaluating material application potential. Systematically studying the effects of polymerization degree on efficiency and stability, along with finding a balance between the efficiency-stability gap, can guide material design and evaluation more effectively.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Fluorinated End Group Enables High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with Near-Infrared Absorption and Enhanced Device Efficiency over 14%

Han Yu et al.

Summary: Fluorination of end groups enhances the performance of polymer acceptors, leading to higher power conversion efficiency in all-polymer solar cells.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with a Pseudo-Bilayer Configuration Enabled by a Stepwise Optimization Strategy

Qiang Wu et al.

Summary: In this study, a high-efficiency PBDB-T/PYT all-organic solar cell was successfully fabricated using a special LbL deposition technique, achieving an efficiency of 15.17% through synergistic control of additive dosages. It was found that this synergistic control of additive dosages was also confirmed in other photovoltaic systems.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Regio-Regular Polymer Acceptors Enabled by Determined Fluorination on End Groups for All-Polymer Solar Cells with 15.2 % Efficiency

Han Yu et al.

Summary: The two regio-regular polymer acceptors synthesized in this study show significant performance difference, with PYF-T-o exhibiting better photon absorption and more ordered inter-chain packing, resulting in higher power conversion efficiency.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

Article Polymer Science

Highly Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells from a Dithieno[3,2-f:2′,3′-h]quinoxaline-Based Wide Band Gap Donor

Tingxing Zhao et al.

Summary: By synthesizing polymers with different molecular structures as donors and acceptors, researchers found that the adjustment of molecular structures can enhance the performance of all-polymer solar cells.

MACROMOLECULES (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Improving photovoltaic parameters of all-polymer solar cells through integrating two polymeric donors

Kang An et al.

Summary: The incorporation of the wide-bandgap polymer donor PM6 into all-polymer solar cells has been shown to enhance photovoltaic parameters and reduce non-radiative recombination energy loss, leading to improved device efficiency. The optimized ternary blend devices exhibit impressively high power conversion efficiency, indicating the great potential of these all-polymer solar cells for potential applications.

SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

π-Extended Conjugated Polymer Acceptor Containing Thienylene-Vinylene-Thienylene Unit for High-Performance Thick-Film All-Polymer Solar Cells with Superior Long-Term Stability

Jiabin Zhang et al.

Summary: Novel polymerized small molecular acceptors, PJTVT and PJTET, were designed with conjugated and unconjugated linking units respectively, demonstrating improved efficiency and stability for all-polymer solar cells through molecular modulation in the linking unit of the polymer acceptor.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Simple Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors with 3D Network Packing Structure Boosting the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells to 15.44%

Xiaodong Wang et al.

Summary: NFREAs with increasing pi-conjugation length show enhanced molar extinction coefficient and electron mobility in blend films. The molecular conformation of 2BTh-2F is planar, supported by S···N and S···O intramolecular interactions, and it forms a 3D network packing structure compared to the 2D packing of 2Th-2F. 2BTh-2F:PBDB-T-based organic solar cells achieve a high power conversion efficiency of 14.53%, reaching a record efficiency of 15.44% when D18 is used as the donor polymer.

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

High-Efficiency All-Polymer Solar Cells with Poly-Small-Molecule Acceptors Having π-Extended Units with Broad Near-IR Absorption

Ning Su et al.

Summary: Two new poly-small-molecule acceptors, PYN-BDT and PYN-BDTF, with p-extended naphthalene rings, demonstrated broad optical cross-section macromolecular absorbers in all-polymer solar cells, leading to enhanced power conversion efficiencies. The blend morphology, GIWAXS, charge transport, exciton and carrier dynamics, and impedance-based analysis show that extending individual polymer acceptor blocks represents an efficient strategy to achieve high-performance cells with enhanced metrics.

ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

16% efficiency all-polymer organic solar cells enabled by a finely tuned morphology via the design of ternary blend

Tao Liu et al.

Summary: The performance of all-polymer organic solar cells has been improved by introducing a small amount of BN-T, resulting in increased crystallinity and enhanced exciton harvesting and charge transport. This enhancement is attributed to the reduced nonradiative energy loss and improved energy and charge transfer between acceptors, making AP-OSCs potentially as efficient as devices based on small molecule acceptors.
Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Configurational Isomers Induced Significant Difference in All-Polymer Solar Cells

Hengtao Wang et al.

Summary: The design and synthesis of polymer acceptors play a crucial role in the performance of all-polymer solar cells. By separating and controlling the monomer configuration, two isomeric polymeric acceptors were produced, with the gamma-based polymer showing the highest power conversion efficiency. The results demonstrate that configurational control is a promising strategy for achieving high-performance polymer acceptors.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Difluoro-Monobromo End Group Enables High-Performance Polymer Acceptor and Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells Processable with Green Solvent under Ambient Condition

Han Yu et al.

Summary: This study successfully increased the efficiency of all-polymer solar cells to 15.22% by designing and synthesizing a new polymer acceptor PY2F-T, demonstrating the effectiveness of fluorination strategy in improving photon absorption and charge mobility. Additionally, devices based on PY2F-T showed smaller domain spacing and higher domain purity, effectively suppressing charge recombination.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Multi-Selenophene-Containing Narrow Bandgap Polymer Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells with over 15 % Efficiency and High Reproducibility

Qunping Fan et al.

Summary: The newly developed multi-selenophene-containing PSMA material PFY-3Se shows outstanding performance in all-polymer solar cells, with high efficiency, low energy loss, and good batch-to-batch reproducibility, indicating great potential for practical applications.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Distannylated Monomer of a Strong Electron-Accepting Organoboron Building Block: Enabling Acceptor-Acceptor-Type Conjugated Polymers for n-Type Thermoelectric Applications

Changshuai Dong et al.

Summary: Acceptor-acceptor (A-A) copolymerization is an effective strategy to develop high-performance n-type conjugated polymers. By synthesizing a strong electron-deficient BNBP monomer, A-A type conjugated polymers with ultralow LUMO energy levels were successfully developed via Stille polycondensation, showing promising thermoelectric properties. This demonstrates the great potential of A-A type organoboron polymers for high-performance n-type thermoelectrics.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2021)

Article Energy & Fuels

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)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Achieving over 17% efficiency of ternary all-polymer solar cells with two well-compatible polymer acceptors

Rui Sun et al.

Summary: The study focuses on developing high-performance all-polymer solar cells by designing a novel polymer acceptor PY2F-T and enhancing efficiency through ternary blend with PYT in the PM6: PY2F-T host system. This approach significantly improves power conversion efficiency and stability, marking a promising future for the application of all-PSCs.
Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Stability Of Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors and Their Photovoltaic Devices

Wei Li et al.

Summary: Non-fullerene electron acceptors (NFAs) have gained significant attention in the organic solar cells (OSCs) field, showing remarkable development but facing stability challenges. This review highlights recent advances in understanding the stability of NFAs and their corresponding OSCs, focusing on chemical-, photon-, and thermal-induced degradations and approaches to enhance stability, with a vision of achieving over 20 years operational lifetime in real world applications.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Regioregular Narrow-Bandgap n-Type Polymers with High Electron Mobility Enabling Highly Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

Huiliang Sun et al.

Summary: The study successfully improved the efficiency of all-polymer solar cells by synthesizing narrow-bandgap polymer acceptors with regular structures. By introducing a ternary system with different components, further optimization of blend morphology and charge transport was achieved, leading to an enhanced power conversion efficiency.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cell with 19% Efficiency

Yong Cui et al.

Summary: By combining material design and ternary blending strategy, a maximum power conversion efficiency of 19.0% is achieved in single-junction OPV cells. Optimized active layer structure significantly improves the photovoltaic parameters, enhancing the performance and PCE values of the cells.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2021)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Noble-Metal-Free Multicomponent Nanointegration for Sustainable Energy Conversion

Haijiao Lu et al.

Summary: Global energy and environmental crises have led to a growing interest in the development of renewable chemical fuels as alternatives to fossil fuels. Multicomponent nanomaterial-based systems with at least one component in the nanoscale have emerged as promising solutions to overcome the limitations of single-component systems. These higher-efficiency systems have the potential to reduce costs and improve sustainability in energy conversion technologies.

CHEMICAL REVIEWS (2021)

Article Polymer Science

Polymerized small-molecule acceptors based on vinylene as π-bridge for efficient all-polymer solar cells

Xinbi Zhao et al.

Summary: Two NIR polymer acceptors based on fused-ring BT- or BTz-based A'-DAD-A' structure were designed and synthesized. Among them, PYV-Tz with BTz unit displayed red-shifted absorption spectra, higher absorption coefficient, higher LUMO energy level, better electron mobility, and achieved a higher PCE in all-PSCs compared to the BT-based PA PYV. This suggests that PYV-Tz is a promising polymer acceptor material for the application in all-PSCs.

POLYMER (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

High-performance all-polymer solar cells enabled by a novel low bandgap non-fully conjugated polymer acceptor

Qunping Fan et al.

Summary: A novel non-fully conjugated polymer acceptor PFY-2TS with a low bandgap was developed and showed improved performance in all-polymer solar cells with a PCE of 12.31% and reduced energy loss. This study demonstrated that non-fully conjugated polymers as a new class of acceptor materials are very promising for the development of high-performance all-polymer solar cells.

SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Polymerized small molecular acceptor based all-polymer solar cells with an efficiency of 16.16% via tuning polymer blend morphology by molecular design

Jiaqi Du et al.

Summary: Recent advancements have been made in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) based on polymerized small molecular acceptors (PSMAs). Two new A-DA'D-A small molecule acceptor based PSMAs, PS-Se and PN-Se, were synthesized to study the impact of molecular structure on photovoltaic performance. Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and photoinduced force microscopy revealed the aggregation behavior and morphology of the polymer and acceptor blend films, leading to higher power conversion efficiency in all-PSCs.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Non-fullerene acceptor organic photovoltaics with intrinsic operational lifetimes over 30 years

Yongxi Li et al.

Summary: Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) have the potential of being a productive renewable energy technology, but the main challenge lies in their inadequate operational lifetime. Research into the instability of NFA solar cells has led to proposals for strategies to mitigate this issue.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Electrochemistry

Thiophene with Oligoethylene Oxide Side Chain Enables Random Terpolymer Acceptor to Achieve Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

Feiyan Wu et al.

Summary: The development of high-performance polymer acceptors for all-polymer solar cells is a key challenge, and introducing a thiophene with oligoethylene oxide side chains as the third unit can improve the compatibility between the polymer donor and acceptor, resulting in optimized blend film morphology and higher photoelectric conversion efficiency.

CHEMELECTROCHEM (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Solar Cells with Efficiencies of over 11%

Jonghyeon Noh et al.

Summary: This study integrates multiple stretchable layers with strong bindings to achieve intrinsically SOSCs of over 11%, maintaining over 74% of the initial power conversion efficiency (PCE) when subject to 10% strain for 1,000 cycles. This high-performance and mechanical endurance demonstrate that SOSCs are one step closer toward practical utilization in wearable electronics.

ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Reduced non-radiative charge recombination enables organic photovoltaic cell approaching 19% efficiency

Pengqing Bi et al.

Summary: Introducing HDO-4Cl increased the exciton diffusion length in the acceptor phase, reducing non-radiative charge recombination and improving photon utilization efficiency in PBDB-TF: eC9-based OPV cells. This led to achieving a high-efficiency OPV cell with outstanding power conversion efficiency, demonstrating the effectiveness of regulating exciton behaviors in reducing energy loss.
Article Energy & Fuels

Fine Tuning Miscibility of Donor/Acceptor through Solid Additives Enables All-Polymer Solar Cells with 15.6% Efficiency

Zhenye Li et al.

Summary: The study demonstrates that adding 1% weight ratio of PC71BM as a solid additive in the blends of electron-donating polymer PTzBI-oF and electron-accepting polymer PFA1 can improve the miscibility of donor/acceptor, leading to enhanced charge carrier transport and fill factor, ultimately increasing the maximum power conversion efficiency. The miscibility of two components in the photoactive layer can be quantitatively described using the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter (chi), providing guidelines for optimizing the efficiency of all-PSCs.

SOLAR RRL (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

A polymer acceptor containing the B←N unitfor all-polymer solar cells with 14% efficiency

Yinghui Wang et al.

Summary: A new polymer acceptor was developed by incorporating the B <- N coordination bond, which downshifted the energy levels of the polymer and facilitated photo-induced hole transfer, resulting in a higher power conversion efficiency for all-polymer solar cells.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Achieving highly efficient all-polymer solar cells by green-solvent-processing under ambient atmosphere

Bin Liu et al.

Summary: The use of halogen-free solvents can produce efficient and environmentally friendly all-polymer solar cells. In this study, all-PSCs processed with o-XY solvent achieved remarkable performance, demonstrating potential for practical applications.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

All-polymer solar cells with efficiency approaching 16% enabled using a dithieno[3′,2′:3,4;2′′,3′′:5,6]benzo[1,2-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (fDTBT)-based polymer donor

Tao Jia et al.

Summary: This study designed a series of large-bandgap polymer donors and validated their device performances in all-polymer solar cells by combining them with a polymer acceptor, achieving high efficiency with a maximum of 15.8%. The systems showed more efficient charge transfer and less charge recombination as the energy-level offsets increased, leading to improved short-circuit current density, fill factors, and power conversion efficiency.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Constructing a new polymer acceptor enabled non-halogenated solvent-processed all-polymer solar cell with an efficiency of 13.8%

Chunguang Zhu et al.

Summary: A new polymer acceptor, PS1, was developed by linking a non-fullerene acceptor building block with dithienothiophen[3,2-b]pyrrolo-benzotriazole capped with 3-(dicyanomethylidene)-indan-1-one via a thiophene spacer, enabling it to be easily dissolved in non-chlorinated solvents. When using 2-methyltetrahydrofuran as the processing solvent, the all-PSC composed of PS1 and a polymer donor PTzBI-oF achieved a remarkably high power conversion efficiency of 13.8% in the light-harvesting layer.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Organoboron Polymer for 10% Efficiency All-Polymer Solar Cells

Ruyan Zhao et al.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Recent Progress in Chlorinated Organic Photovoltaic Materials

Huifeng Yao et al.

ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells: Synthesis of Polymer Acceptor by a Random Ternary Copolymerization Strategy

Jiaqi Du et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

Review Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Recent progress of all-polymer solar cells - From chemical structure and device physics to photovoltaic performance

Hang Yin et al.

MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Polymer Acceptors Containing B←N Units for Organic Photovoltaics

Ruyan Zhao et al.

ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Non-Conjugated Polymer Acceptor for Efficient and Thermally Stable All-Polymer Solar Cells

Qunping Fan et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Chlorination: An Effective Strategy for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Qiaoqiao Zhao et al.

ADVANCED SCIENCE (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Progress in Materials, Solution Processes, and Long-Term Stability for Large-Area Organic Photovoltaics

Sungmin Park et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

High-performance all-polymer solar cells with only 0.47 eV energy loss

Qiang Wu et al.

SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Non-fullerene Acceptor with Enhanced Intermolecular π-Core Interaction for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Francis Lin et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Hybridization of Local Exciton and Charge-Transfer States Reduces Nonradiative Voltage Losses in Organic Solar Cells

Flurin D. Eisner et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

11.2% Efficiency all-polymer solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

Yuan Meng et al.

SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Recent Advances, Design Guidelines, and Prospects of All-Polymer Solar Cells

Changyeon Lee et al.

CHEMICAL REVIEWS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Narrow-Bandgap n-Type Polymer Semiconductor Enabling Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

Shengbin Shi et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Bromination of the Small-Molecule Acceptor with Fixed Position for High-Performance Solar Cells

Jianfei Qu et al.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Intrinsically stable organic solar cells under high-intensity illumination

Quinn Burlingame et al.

NATURE (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Large-Area Organic Solar Cells: Material Requirements, Modular Designs, and Printing Methods

Guodong Wang et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

All-Polymer Solar Cells: Recent Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

Gang Wang et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2019)

Article Energy & Fuels

Non-fullerene polymer acceptors based on perylene diimides in all-polymer solar cells

Zhitian Liu et al.

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