Unveiling symmetry: a comparative analysis of asymmetric and symmetric non-fullerene acceptors in organic solar cells

Rudranarayan Khatua and Anirban Mondal

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 7627
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Asymmetric non-fullerene acceptors with an imide-containing end group for high-performance organic solar cells

Shiling Shi, Shimin Zhang, Xiang Yao, Kaihu Xian, Dexia Han, Yuxuan Zhu, Yanru Li, Xueyang Tu, Zheng Tang, Long Ye, Hongliang Zhong and Zhuping Fei

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 11943
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Novel A-π-D-π-A type non-fullerene acceptors of dithienyl diketopyrropopyrrole derivatives to enhance organic photovoltaic applications: a DFT study

Mafia Rani, N. M. A. Hadia, Ahmed M. Shawky, Rana Farhat Mehmood, Shanza Hameed, Saba Zahid, Javed Iqbal, Naifa S. Alatawi, Asma Ahmed and Rasheed Ahmad Khera

RSC Adv., 2023, 13, 1640
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Excited-state symmetry breaking in quadrupolar pull–push–pull molecules: dicyanovinyl vs. cyanophenyl acceptors

Pragya Verma, Mariusz Tasior, Palas Roy, Stephen R. Meech, Daniel T. Gryko and Eric Vauthey

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 22689
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Trifluoromethyl-substituted asymmetric non-fullerene acceptors enable non-halogenated solvent-processed indoor organic photovoltaics with an efficiency of over 30%

Peddaboodi Gopikrishna, Muhammad Ahsan Saeed, SungHyun Hur, Gyeong Min Lee, Huijeong Choi, Jae Won Shim and BongSoo Kim

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 25909
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Asymmetric nonfullerene acceptors with isomeric trifluorobenzene-substitution for high-performance organic solar cells

Zhengkai Li, Zheng'ao Xu, Shanshan Chen, Jia Yao, Hongyuan Fu, Ming Zhang, Yang Bai, Haiqiao Wang, Zitong Liu and Zhi-Guo Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 4539
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Building-up an interrelationship between isomeric benzyl inner side chains within nonfullerene acceptors and isomeric xylene solvents for non-chlorinated solvent-processed organic solar cells

Seonghun Jeong, Jeewon Park, Yutong Ji, Yongjoon Cho, Byongkyu Lee, Mingyu Jeong, Sungwoo Jung, Sangjin Yang, Youdi Zhang, Seong-Jun Yoon and Changduk Yang

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 4703
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Asymmetrical Elongation of Branched Alkyl Chains in Non‐Fullerene Acceptors for Large‐Area Organic Solar Modules

Bomi Kim, Yang‐Soo Lee, DuHyeon Um, Won Jeong, Seul Lee, Kwangmin Kim, GyuMin Nam, Hyegyeong Hwang, SuHyun Kim, Taeyoon Kim, Kwanghee Lee, Hongkyu Kang and BongSoo Kim

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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On the role of asymmetric molecular geometry in high-performance organic solar cells

Jinfeng Huang, Tianyi Chen, Le Mei, Mengting Wang, Yuxuan Zhu, Jiting Cui, Yanni Ouyang, Youwen Pan, Zhaozhao Bi, Wei Ma, Zaifei Ma, Haiming Zhu, Chunfeng Zhang, Xian-Kai Chen, Hongzheng Chen and Lijian Zuo

Nat Commun, 2024, 15
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Halogenated 9H‐Indeno[1,2‐b]Pyrazine‐2,3‐Dicarbonitrile End Groups Based Asymmetric Non‐Fullerene Acceptors for Green Solvent‐Processable, Additive‐Free, and Stable Organic Solar Cells

Peddaboodi Gopikrishna, Huijeong Choi, Do Hui Kim, Dongchan Lee, Jun Ho Hwang, Seon‐Mi Jin, Eunji Lee, Shinuk Cho and BongSoo Kim

Small, 2024, 20
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Electric dipole moment of excited octupolar molecules: Potential qubit implementation

Anatoly I. Ivanov

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2025, 162
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High‐Efficiency Thick Film Binary Organic Photovoltaics via Asymmetric Alkyl Chain Engineering

Shengtian Zhu, Shihao Chen, Ling Hong, Lu Hao, Juxuan Xie, Zuiyi Zhong, Jiabin Zhang, Jianhua Jing, Kai Zhang and Fei Huang

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Asymmetric non-fullerene acceptor based on a cyclohexane side chain for efficient organic solar cell

Qingbin Li, Qi Chen, Shangyu Li, Jia Yao, Ming Zhang, Qingyuan Wang, Cen Zhang, Lingwei Xue, Zhi-Guo Zhang and Qingzhi Yan

Organic Electronics, 2023, 114, 106737
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Impact of symmetry breaking on the performance of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) for photo and thermally stable organic solar cells (OSCs): A DFT-based interrogation and investigation

Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf Janjua

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2023, 444, 115003
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Effect of locally excited state on fluorescence transition dipole moment in quadrupolar molecules subjected to symmetry breaking charge transfer

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The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 161
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Branched Alkoxy Side Chain Enables High-Performance Non-Fullerene Acceptors with High Open-Circuit Voltage and Highly Ordered Molecular Packing

Jiaen Liang, Mingao Pan, Zhen Wang, Jianquan Zhang, Fujin Bai, Ruijie Ma, Lu Ding, Yuzhong Chen, Xiaojun Li, Harald Ade and He Yan

Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 2059
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Electric dipole flip in a quadrupolar molecule with broken symmetry upon excited state absorption

Anatoly I. Ivanov

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023, 159
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Symmetry breaking charge transfer and control of the transition dipole moment in excited octupolar molecules

Nikolay B. Siplivy and Anatoly I. Ivanov

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 160
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Recent Progress of Y6‐Derived Asymmetric Fused Ring Electron Acceptors

Youdi Zhang, Yutong Ji, Yingyue Zhang, Wenqiang Zhang, Helong Bai, Mengzhen Du, Han Wu, Qing Guo and Erjun Zhou

Adv Funct Materials, 2022, 32
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Halogen Substituent Engineering in the Quinoxaline‐based Central Unit of Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Jun Feng, Ya Yuan, Hang Yang, Yu Tao, Kewei Hu, Kui Li, Jiahao Qian, Jianlong Hu, Xuncheng Zhu, Yue Wu and Chaohua Cui

Adv Funct Materials, 2025
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Asymmetrical A-DA′D-A–type electron transport materials with enhanced electron mobility and water-resistant interface for perovskite solar cells

Qian Guo and Quan-Song Li

Solar Energy, 2025, 291, 113409
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γ-Ester-Functionalized 1,1-Dicyanomethylene-3-indanone End-Capped Nonfullerene Acceptors for High-Performance, Annealing-Free Organic Solar Cells

Seunglok Lee, Geunhyung Park, Mingyu Jeong, Byongkyu Lee, Seonghun Jeong, Jeewon Park, Yongjoon Cho, Seung Man Noh and Changduk Yang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 33614
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Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells with 19.17% Efficiency Enabled by Introducing One Asymmetric Guest Acceptor

Rui Sun, Yao Wu, Xinrong Yang, Yuan Gao, Zeng Chen, Kai Li, Jiawei Qiao, Tao Wang, Jing Guo, Chao Liu, Xiaotao Hao, Haiming Zhu and Jie Min

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34
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Preventing electrode penetration and burn-in degradation in non-fullerene organic solar cells via pre-annealing: Insights from experimental and computational studies

Yongchan Jang, Hyeonsu Son, Soyoung Kim, Dongmin Lee, Jeong Ha Hwang, Hyeonseong Kim, Jongbok Kim, Sung-Jin Chang, Hyungju Ahn, Donggu Lee, Tae Kyung Lee, Changyeon Lee and Wonho Lee

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 500, 157083
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Application of Newly Designed Y‐Series Nonfullerene Acceptors for High‐Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Sheik Haseena and Mahesh Kumar Ravva

Advcd Theory and Sims, 2023, 6
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Latest Strategies Promoting Stable and Efficient Perovskite, Organic, and Perovskite‐Organic Tandem Solar Cells

Hongrui Zhang, Yongmin Luo, Top Archie Dela Peña, Ruijie Ma, He Yan, Mingjie Li, Mahesh Suryawanshi, Jiaying Wu and Ashraf Uddin

Adv Materials Inter, 2025, 12
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Key molecular perspectives for high stability in organic photovoltaics

Joel Luke, Emily J. Yang, Chiara Labanti, Song Yi Park and Ji-Seon Kim

Nat Rev Mater, 2023, 8, 839
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Fluorine/bromine/selenium multi-heteroatoms substituted dual-asymmetric electron acceptors for o-xylene processed organic solar cells with 19.12% efficiency

Yibo Zhou, Guangyu Qi, Han Liu, Hairui Bai, Tengfei Li, Muhammad Hamza Maqsood, Chang Liu, Bohao Song, Na Chen, Guanghao Lu, Chao Gao, Yuhang Liu, Wenyan Su, Huiling Du, Ruijie Ma, Wei Ma and Qunping Fan

Sci. China Mater., 2025, 68, 850
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Impact of Terminal Halogen and CN Substitutions on Photoelectric Properties of Asymmetric Y6-Based NFA with Terminal Groups in Different Orientations: A DFT/TDDFT Study

Zhuan Qi, Huake Liu and Shaohui Zheng

J. Phys. Chem. A, 2025, 129, 4488
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Controlling the symmetry breaking charge transfer extent in excited quadrupolar molecules by tuning the locally excited state

Tatyana V. Mikhailova and Anatoly I. Ivanov

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 160
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Efficient and Scalable Large‐Area Organic Solar Cells by Asymmetric Nonfullerene Acceptors Based on 9H‐Indeno[1,2‐b]pyrazine‐2,3,8‐Tricarbonitrile

Peddaboodi Gopikrishna, JinHyeong Rhee, Seongwon Yoon, DuHyeon Um, Hyunjung Jin, Yongseok Jun, Huijeong Choi, Hae Jung Son and BongSoo Kim

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
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The Asymmetric Strategy of Small‐Molecule Materials for Organic Solar Cells

Haotian Hu, Jinfeng Ge, Zhenyu Chen, Wei Song, Lin Xie and Ziyi Ge

Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14
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Two asymmetric small molecule acceptors with aromatic and non-aromatic ring side chains were developed for organic solar cells

Renlong Li, Xiongbo Zhang, Minghao Dong, Cheng-Xing Cui, Wanqing Zhang, Ji-Chao Wang, Kai Zhang, Tao Jia, Hong-Ying Niu and Fei Huang

Dyes and Pigments, 2023, 209, 110908
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Rhodanine-Based Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells with a High Open-Circuit Voltage of 1.07 V

Kwangmin Kim and BongSoo Kim

J. Flex. Print. Electron., 2023, 2, 119
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Simultaneously improving efficiency and stability of organic solar cells by enhancing molecular crystallinity and intermolecular interactions

Jiangtong Zhao, Xinrong Yang, Yiming Shao, Rui Sun and Jie Min

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MORPHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

SENTHIL MAHARAJ KENNEDY, G. R. RAGHAV, J. JERALD JOHN BRITTO and K. AMUDHAN

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Benzothiadiazole-based materials for organic solar cells

Qiang Bei, Bei Zhang, Kaifeng Wang, Shiming Zhang, Guichuan Xing and Clément Cabanetos

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35, 108438
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Halogen-free donor polymers based on dicyanobenzotriazole for additive-free organic solar cells

Lei Wang, Tingting Wang, Jiyeon Oh, Zhongyi Yuan, Changduk Yang, Yu Hu, Xiaohong Zhao and Yiwang Chen

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 442, 136068
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Symmetry breaking charge transfer in excited multibranched molecules and dimers: A unified standpoint

Anatoly I. Ivanov

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2024, 58, 100651
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Multiple chlorinations to improve the performance of unfused electron-acceptor based organic photovoltaic cells

Yi Wang, Shujuan Liu, Huanhuan Gao, Lei Wang, Weiping Wang, Yuchen Zhou, Baofeng Zhao, Haimei Wu and Chao Gao

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2022, 32, 102185
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Versatile Processability by Breaking the Symmetrical Chemical Structure of Nonfullerene Acceptors

Do Hui Kim, Huijeong Choi, Peddaboodi Gopikrishna, Dongchan Lee, BongSoo Kim and Shinuk Cho

Solar RRL, 2023, 7
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High‐Performance Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells Enabled by a Symmetric‐Asymmetric Alloy Acceptor with a Broad Composition Tolerance

Yuan Gao, Xinrong Yang, Wei Wang, Rui Sun, Jiting Cui, Yuang Fu, Kai Li, Meimei Zhang, Chao Liu, Haiming Zhu, Xinhui Lu and Jie Min

Advanced Materials, 2023, 35
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Selenium‐Substitution Asymmetric Acceptor Enables Efficient Binary Organic Solar Cells over 18.3% via Regulating Molecular Stacking and Phase Separation

Jingyu Shi, Zhenyu Chen, Hui Liu, Yi Qiu, Shuncheng Yang, Wei Song and Ziyi Ge

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13
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Watching Excited-State Symmetry Breaking in Multibranched Push–Pull Molecules

Eric Vauthey

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 13, 2064
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