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

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In this paper, a ladder-type electron-deficient core-based central fused ring (Dithienothiophen[3.2-b]- pyrrolobenzothiadiazole) with a benzothiadiadiazoles (BT) core was proposed to fine-tune its absorption and electron affinity.
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This article is published in Joule.The article was published on 2019-04-17 and is currently open access. It has received 3513 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Organic solar cell & Acceptor.

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Synergistic Effects of Chlorination and Branched Alkyl Side Chain on the Photovoltaic Properties of Simple Non-Fullerene Acceptors with Quinoxaline as the Core.

TL;DR: In this paper, four simple non-fullerene acceptors with an A-D-A'-d-A configuration (QCIC1, QCIC2 and QCIC3) were synthesized for organic solar cells, and the blended film composed of QCIC 3 and donor poly{[2,6'-4,8-di(5-ethylhexylthienyl)benzo [1,2-b : 4,5-b']dithiophene]-alt [5,5-(1',3'-di-2-th
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Improving Electron Transport in a Double-Cable Conjugated Polymer via Parallel Perylenetriimide Design

TL;DR: Double-cable conjugated polymer can be applied to single-component organic solar cells (SCOSCs) which have great potential to improve the stability and to simplify the fabrication procedure compar... as mentioned in this paper.
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Layer‐by‐Layer Processed PM6:Y6‐Based Stable Ternary Polymer Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency over 18% by Incorporating an Asymmetric Thieno[3,2‐b]indole‐Based Acceptor

TL;DR: In this paper , a low-bandgap asymmetric small molecule acceptor TIT•2Cl based on thieno[3,2]-b]indole core is elaborately introduced into PM6:Y6-based PSCs to suppress the overaggregation of Y6 molecules with significantly increased efficiency from 15.78% to 17.00%.
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“Twisted” conjugated molecules as donor materials for efficient all-small-molecule organic solar cells processed with tetrahydrofuran

TL;DR: In this article, four acceptor-donor-acceptor conjugated molecules with 3-ethylrhodanine as acceptor terminal units and 2.5-bis(4,8-di(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophen]-thieno[3, 2-b]thiophene derivatives as donor units were synthesized.
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Optimizing the component ratio of PEDOT:PSS by water rinse for high efficiency organic solar cells over 16.7%

TL;DR: In this article, a simple method is introduced to enhance the conductivity and remove the additional PSS by water rinsing the PEDOT:PSS films, and the photovoltaic devices based on the water-rinsed PEDOTEPSS presented a dramatic improvement in efficiency from 15.98% to 16.75% in comparison to that of the untreated counterparts.
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Long-range corrected hybrid density functionals with damped atom–atom dispersion corrections

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Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100

TL;DR: In this paper, a polymer solar cell based on a bulk hetereojunction design with an internal quantum efficiency of over 90% across the visible spectrum (425 nm to 575 nm) is reported.
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Polymer–Fullerene Composite Solar Cells

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