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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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High-Performance Noncovalently Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Noncovalent Intramolecular Interactions and End-Group Engineering

TL;DR: In this article, a series of fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) with noncovalent conformational locks and π-extended end-groups were designed and synthesized with a two-step synthetic route.
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17.1 %-Efficient Eco-Compatible Organic Solar Cells from a Dissymmetric 3D Network Acceptor

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that the collaborative application of chlorination and trifluoromethylation is a practical approach to promote evolution of a low band-gap acceptor for eco-compatible processed and efficient photovoltaic applications.
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Tuning the hybridization of local exciton and charge‐transfer states in highly efficient organic photovoltaic cells

TL;DR: Taking molecular surface electrostatic potential (ESP) as a quantitative parameter, the results reveal that increasing the ESP difference between donor and acceptor will enhance the intermolecular interaction.
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New Random Copolymer Acceptors Enable Additive-Free Processing of 10.1% Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells with Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency

TL;DR: In this article, a random copolymer acceptor for all-polymer solar cells (PSCs) is proposed to improve the performance of the active layer blend morphology, charge carrier mobilities, and photovoltaic properties.
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Polymer photovoltaic cells : enhanced efficiencies via a network of internal donor-acceptor heterojunctions

TL;DR: In this paper, the carrier collection efficiency and energy conversion efficiency of polymer photovoltaic cells were improved by blending of the semiconducting polymer with C60 or its functionalized derivatives.
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Long-range corrected hybrid density functionals with damped atom–atom dispersion corrections

TL;DR: The re-optimization of a recently proposed long-range corrected hybrid density functional, omegaB97X-D, to include empirical atom-atom dispersion corrections yields satisfactory accuracy for thermochemistry, kinetics, and non-covalent interactions.
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Long-Range Corrected Hybrid Density Functionals with Damped Atom-Atom Dispersion Corrections

TL;DR: Chai and Head-Gordon as discussed by the authors proposed a long-range corrected (LC) hybrid density functional with Damped Atom-Atom Dispersion corrections, which is called ωB97X-D.
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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

TL;DR: Polymer-based organic photovoltaic systems hold the promise for a cost-effective, lightweight solar energy conversion platform, which could benefit from simple solution processing of the active layer.
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