Beyond organic photovoltaics: unlocking the potential of P3HT and its derivatives in perovskite and quantum dot solar cells

Kai Zhang, Wenchao Zhao, Biao Xiao and Long Ye

EES Sol., 2026, 2, 108
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Cost-effective poly(3-alkylthiophene)-based organic photovoltaics: advancing solar energy conversion and photodetection technologies

Kai Zhang, Mengyuan Gao, Junjiang Wu, Chunlong Sun, Wenchao Zhao, Diyora Urazkulova, Vakhobjon Kuvondikov, Sherzod Nematov and Long Ye

Mater. Horiz., 2025, 12, 8832
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Dynamic disulfide bond networks enable self-healable and mechanically resilient intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells

Wenyu Yang, Xuanang Luo, Jiankang Liu, Jingchuan Chen, Xuefei Wu, Zachary Fink, Chuqi Shi, Wenkai Zhong, Cheng Wang and Lei Ying

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 6597
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Monochlorination-enabled elevated solar cell performance in region-asymmetric benzothiadiazole-based medium bandgap conjugated copolymers

Shilei Qu, Wuyan Liu, Lili An, Xinyu Liu, Zhongyi Wang, Zezhou Liang, Chunyan Yang and Junfeng Tong

Polym. Chem., 2025, 16, 5079
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Stress‐Dissipative Network Design Unlocks Stretchy All‐Polymer Photovoltaics with Record Mechanical Robustness

Bing Sun, Xin Li, Wenchao Zhao, Kai Zhang, Saimeng Li, Chunlong Sun, Vakhobjon Kuvondikov, Sherzod Nematov, Menglan Lv and Long Ye

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Flexible Organic Solar Cells: From Material Design and Morphology Optimization to Practical Applications

Qiang Wu, Hairui Bai, Tengfei Li, Qunping Fan and Wei Ma

Advanced Materials, 2025
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Sustainable organic solar cells via renewable biomass and circular recycling

Longfei Jia, Maoheng Wu, Min Ru, Yaxiong Li, Sunsun Li, Changlei Xia and Wenchao Zhao

Matter, 2025, 8, 102291
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Stretchable Polymer Solar Cells Beyond 15% Efficiency: Strategies, Achievements, and Outlook

Shuiwang Lv, Huizhen Ke, Wenchao Zhao and Long Ye

Chem. Res. Chin. Univ., 2025, 41, 1261
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Manipulating a Bilayer Transport Layer to Improve the Charge‐Transport Pathway Enables Efficient Organic Solar Cells†

Chaofeng Zhu, Anhai Liang, Sein Chung, Guangquan Zhang, Seojin Yun, Kang Hyuk Cho, Yanan Tang, Kilwon Cho, Zhenmin Zhao and Zhipeng Kan

Chin. J. Chem., 2026, 44, 1203
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Halogenated Rubber Enables 19.78%‐Efficiency Organic Solar Cells With Enhanced Ductility via Halogen‐Mediated Non‐Covalent Interactions

Yonghuan Li, Yifan Wang, Hongxiang Li, Guangliu Ran, Zhengdong Wei, Yixun Shu, Yahui Liu, Yuqiang Liu, Shida Gong, Yetai Cheng, Xing Yan, Pei Cheng, Xiaolin Jiang, Hao Lu and Zhishan Bo

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Variable‐Temperature X‐Ray Scattering Unveils the Solution Aggregation Structures and Processing Resiliency of High‐Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics with Iodinated Electron Acceptors

Mengyuan Gao, Kai Zhang, Wenchao Zhao, Shaoqing Zhang, Yiwen Li, Na Li, Chunming Yang, Yu Chen, Jianhui Hou and Long Ye

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
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Side‐Chain Deuteration Enables High‐Contrast Neutron Scattering of Solution Aggregates in Organic Photodiodes and Enhances Device Performance

Junjiang Wu, Mengyuan Gao, Kai Zhang, Sunsun Li, Hua Yang, Hanqiu Jiang, Yubin Ke, Huiliang Sun and Long Ye

Chin. J. Chem., 2026, 44, 1171
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Mechanically robust and air-processed all-polymer solar cells enabled by siloxane-modified monothiophene

Qingqing Bai, Jialong Xie, Junyi Lu, Mingqing Chen, Jong Bin Park, Xuanang Luo, Qian Liu, Henan Li, Xinkang Wang, Dongge Ma, Han Young Woo, Lianjie Zhang, Huiliang Sun and Junwu Chen

Nano Energy, 2026, 153, 111925
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High-Performance Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors with Well-Controlled Branching Position of the Alkoxy Side Chain

Zhenyu Yang, Xiangmeng Deng, Gendi Zhang, Guangliu Ran, Xinyuan Zhang, Xinming Zheng, Hongxiang Li, Yahui Liu, Ya-Nan Chen, Wenkai Zhang, Cuihong Li and Zhishan Bo

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 70749
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Decoding Solution Aggregation and Thermal Cycling Pathways in Conjugated Polymer Inks Via Advanced X‐Ray Scattering

Mengqi Yu, Mengyuan Gao, Chunlong Sun, Junjiang Wu, Kai Zhang, Jintao Feng and Long Ye

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Cyclohexyl Conformational Locking Strategy: Molecular Assembly Engineering in Nonfused Acceptors for High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

Meijia Chang, Jinwei Chen, Yuanyuan Zhang, Shijie Cheng, Xinbo Lv, Wenjie Tian, Na Li, Yonggang Wang, Lei Wang, Huanhuan Gao, Zirui Wang, Guanghao Lu, Yamin Zhang and Lingxian Meng

ACS Materials Lett., 2026, 8, 1267
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Towards robust flexible electronics: Fabrication approaches and ongoing research challenges

Babatunde Olamide Omiyale, Akinola Ogbeyemi, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Ki-Young Song and Wenjun Chris Zhang

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2025, 395, 117053
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Donor-acceptor type built-in vinylene fused perylene diimide-based polymeric acceptors: synthesis and role of electron-rich moiety

Luxin Liu, Zheyu Li, Lili An, Mingyuan Liu, Fengyuan Yan, Bobo Li, Zezhou Liang, Chunyan Yang and Junfeng Tong

Polymer, 2026, 352, 129887
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Ultraflexible and stretchable multifunctional synaptic memristor by molecular layer deposition

Ying-Jie Ma, Song Sun, Yue Huang, Shuai Zhang, Li-Ling Fu, Xin-Xin Wang, Zi-Qiang Yang, Jin-Yang Wei, Di Wu and Ai-Dong Li

Applied Physics Letters, 2026, 128
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From Stretch to Fracture: Unraveling and Quantifying the Mechanical Limits of Conjugated Polymer Films for Stretchable Electronics

Bei Li, Jintao Feng, Bing Sun, Wenchao Zhao, Matisakov Tugolbay, Xuechen Jiao and Long Ye

Adv Funct Materials, 2026
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Achieving High‐Efficiency and Thick‐Film‐Insensitive Organic Solar Cells with a Functional Aid†

Ruizhi Zhang, Linghui Qi, Maoheng Wu, Bing Sun, Longfei Jia, Jiaqi Hu, Chengcheng Li, Sunsun Li, Lina Zhou, Vakhobjon Kuvondikov, Sherzod Nematov, Changlei Xia, Wenchao Zhao and Long Ye

Chin. J. Chem., 2026, 44, 268
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Unlocking intrinsic stretchability in PM6-based materials for next-generation solar cells: challenges and innovations

Chunlong Sun, Saimeng Li, Vakhobjon Kuvondikov, Sherzod Nematov and Long Ye

Sci. China Mater., 2025, 68, 3042
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Unraveling Morphological Recoverability and Dynamics in Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Photovoltaics

Yurim Bae, Saimeng Li, Wenchao Zhao, Matisakov Tugolbay and Long Ye

Adv Funct Materials, 2026
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Mechanically Stable and Intrinsically Stretchy Organic Photovoltaics via Constructing Stress‐Dissipative Networks†

Huizhen Ke, Haijuan Xie, Luoxi Pei, Mengyuan Gao, Saimeng Li, Dan Sheng, Diyora Urazkulova, Vakhobjon Kuvondikov, Sherzod Nematov, Xin Li and Long Ye

Chin. J. Chem., 2025, 43, 2909
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Thermoplastic Elastomer: A Versatile Component for Advancing Stretchable Organic Electronics

Saimeng Li, Yimin Yang, Yurim Bae, Yuxiang Li, Han Young Woo, Yanhou Geng and Long Ye

Advanced Energy Materials, 2026
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Solvent vapor diffusion–driven multiscale pre-aggregation of non-fullerene acceptors enables high-performance organic solar cells

Weilin Zhou, Xingjian Dai, Ben Fan, Hongxiang Li, Xiaopeng Xu, Yihui Wu and Qiang Peng

Nat Commun, 2025, 16
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A General Elastomeric Agent to Addressing Embrittlement in High‐Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

Saimeng Li, Yufei Wang, Chunlong Sun, Jintao Feng, Jingyu Zuo, Bing Sun, Dexia Han, Mengyuan Gao, Xin Li, Biao Xiao, Wenchao Zhao, Vakhobjon Kuvondikov, Sherzod Nematov, Tao Jia, Guangye Zhang and Long Ye

Advanced Materials, 2026, 38
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