Recent progress in all-small-molecule organic photovoltaics

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 6291
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Push–pull thiophene-based small molecules with donor and acceptor units of varying strength for photovoltaic application: beyond P3HT and PCBM

Martina Marinelli, Andrea Candini, Filippo Monti, Alex Boschi, Mattia Zangoli, Elisabetta Salatelli, Filippo Pierini, Massimiliano Lanzi, Alberto Zanelli, Massimo Gazzano and Francesca Di Maria

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 11216
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Low nonradiative energy losses within 0.2 eV in efficient non-fullerene all-small-molecule organic solar cells

Ziyun Huang, Yanan Shi, Yilin Chang, Chen Yang, Min Lv, Yifan Shen, Yanan Liu, Jianqi Zhang, Kun Lu and Zhixiang Wei

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 2800
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Fused ring A–DA′D–A (Y-series) non-fullerene acceptors: recent developments and design strategies for organic photovoltaics

Pachaiyappan Murugan, Ting Hu, Xiaotian Hu and Yiwang Chen

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 17968
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Pseudo-bilayered inverted organic solar cells using the Marangoni effect

Jihwan Jo, Seonju Jeong, Dongchan Lee, Seungjin Lee, Bumjoon J. Kim, Shinuk Cho and Jung-Yong Lee

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 17307
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Crystallization driven boost in fill factor and stability in additive-free organic solar cells

David Garcia Romero, Lorenzo Di Mario, Giuseppe Portale and Maria Antonietta Loi

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 23783
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Tailoring block copolymer-type compatibilizers to enhance the performance and processability of inverted all-polymer solar cells

Hsu-Tzu Cheng, Aoto Kato, Yu-Cheng Tseng, Cheng-Yu Yeh, Hao-Wei Yu, Tomoya Higashihara and Chu-Chen Chueh

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025
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Pyrrolopyrrole-1,3-dione-Based Wide Band-Gap Polymeric Donors Exemplify High Voltage and Diminutive Energy Loss for Efficient Binary and Tandem Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 15.7%

Vellaiappillai Tamilavan, Jihoon Lee, Soyeong Jang, Insoo Shin, Chang-Mok Oh, In-Wook Hwang, Hyun-seock Yang, Danbi Kim, Eunhye Yang, Seongbeom Lee, Junghwan Kim, Bo Ram Lee and Sung Heum Park

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2022, 5, 10108
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Donor End‐Capped Alkyl Chain Length Dependent Non‐Radiative Energy Loss in All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

Lili Zhang, Rui Sun, Ziqi Zhang, Jianqi Zhang, Qinglian Zhu, Wei Ma, Jie Min, Zhixiang Wei and Dan Deng

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34
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Recent Progress in All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

Huanhuan Gao, Yanna Sun, Lingxian Meng, Chenyang Han, Xiangjian Wan and Yongsheng Chen

Small, 2023, 19
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A Novel Upside‐Down Thermal Annealing Method Toward High‐Quality Active Layers Enables Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 20%

Yufei Wang, Kangbo Sun, Chao Li, Chaoyue Zhao, Chuanlin Gao, Liangxiang Zhu, Qing Bai, Chen Xie, Peng You, Jie Lv, Xiaokang Sun, Hanlin Hu, Zhibo Wang, Huawei Hu, Zeguo Tang, Bin He, Mingxia Qiu, Shunpu Li and Guangye Zhang

Advanced Materials, 2024, 36
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High Miscibility Compatible with Ordered Molecular Packing Enables an Excellent Efficiency of 16.2% in All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

Lili Zhang, Xiangwei Zhu, Dan Deng, Zhen Wang, Ziqi Zhang, Yi Li, Jianqi Zhang, Kun Lv, Lixuan Liu, Xuning Zhang, Huiqiong Zhou, Harald Ade and Zhixiang Wei

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34
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Tuning the photovoltaic potential of thiazole based materials via incorporation of selenophene and electron acceptors rings at peripheral positions: A DFT approach

Muhammad Khalid, Sadia Jamal, Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga, Muhammad Haroon, Rajeh Alotaibi and Ke Chen

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2024, 28, 101903
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Hierarchical phase separation in all small-molecule organic solar cells

Muhammad Junaid Iqbal, Jianqi Zhang and Zhixiang Wei

J Nanopart Res, 2022, 24
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Morphology Controlling of All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells: From Donor Material Design to Device Engineering

Xiaokang Sun, Jie Lv, Chenyang Zhang, Kai Wang, Chunming Yang, Hanlin Hu and Xiaoping Ouyang

Solar RRL, 2023, 7
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Advances in solvent annealing characterization techniques for organic solar cells

Jialiang Hao, Yang Feng, Qianyi Ma, Chunxia Hong, Xiuhong Li, Fenggang Bian, Yuanyang Wang and Chunming Yang

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Density‐functional theory (DFT) and time‐dependent DFT study of the chemical and physical origins of key photoproperties of end‐group derivatives of a nonfullerene acceptor molecule for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Walid Taouali, Kamel Alimi, Asma Sindhoo Nangraj and Mark E. Casida

J Comput Chem, 2023, 44, 2130
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Self-powered, transparent, flexible, and solar-blind deep-UV detector based on surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticles

Manh Hoang Tran, Jong-Seong Bae and Jaehyun Hur

Applied Surface Science, 2022, 604, 154528
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Miscibility Regulation and Thermal Annealing Induced Hierarchical Morphology Enables High‐Efficiency All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells Over 17%

Jing Guo, Beibei Qiu, Xinxin Xia, Jinyuan Zhang, Shucheng Qin, Xiaojun Li, Xinhui Lu, Lei Meng, Zhanjun Zhang and Yongfang Li

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13
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Progress and Future Potential of All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Based on the Benzodithiophene Donor Material

Shabaz Alam and Jaewon Lee

Molecules, 2023, 28, 3171
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Recent Progress in the Design of Fused-Ring Non-Fullerene Acceptors─Relations between Molecular Structure and Optical, Electronic, and Photovoltaic Properties

Bettina Schweda, Matiss Reinfelds, Petra Hofstadler, Gregor Trimmel and Thomas Rath

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2021, 4, 11899
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Optimization of Charge Management and Energy Loss in All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

Lili Zhang, Dan Deng, Kun Lu and Zhixiang Wei

Advanced Materials, 2024, 36
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