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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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Review and perspective of materials for flexible solar cells

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive assessment of relevant materials suitable for making flexible solar cells is provided, focusing primarily on emerging new semiconductors including small organic donor/acceptor molecules, conjugated donor-acceptor polymers, and organometal halide perovskites.
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15.3% Efficiency All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Achieved by a Locally Asymmetric F, Cl Disubstitution Strategy.

TL;DR: In this article, an asymmetric Y6-like acceptor was designed and synthesized to match the recently reported high performance small molecule donor BTR-Cl, and a record efficiency of 15.3% for single-junction binary OSCs was achieved.
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Recent Progress in Organic Solar Cells Based on Non-Fullerene Acceptors: Materials to Devices

TL;DR: In this paper , photovoltaics (PV) is now an established technology and the most promising method for harvesting energy from the sun, which is attracting increasing attention as the traditional fossil-based energy sources are being depleted.
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The Importance of Entanglements in Optimizing the Mechanical and Electrical Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells

TL;DR: In this paper, all-polymer active layers of organic solar cells have been shown to have several advantages compared with polymer-small molecule systems including improved mechanical and thermodynamic stability.
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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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