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Alam S, Lee J. Progress and Future Potential of All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Based on the Benzodithiophene Donor Material. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28073171. [PMID: 37049934 PMCID: PMC10096353 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Organic solar cells have obtained a prodigious amount of attention in photovoltaic research due to their unique features of light weight, low cost, eco-friendliness, and semitransparency. A rising trend in this field is the development of all-small-molecules organic solar cells (ASM-OSCs) due to their merits of excellent batch-to-batch reproducibility, well-defined structures, and simple purification. Among the numerous organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials, benzodithiophene (BDT)-based small molecules have come to the fore in achieving outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE) and breaking the 17% efficiency barrier in single-junction OPV devices, indicating the significant potential of this class of materials in commercial photovoltaic applications. This review specially focuses on up-to-date information about improvements in BDT-based ASM-OSCs since 2011 and provides an outlook on the most significant challenges that remain in the field. We believe there will be more exciting BDT-based photovoltaic materials and devices developed in the near future.
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- Shabaz Alam
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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Jung H, Kim H, Kim J, Jang S, Lee Y. Side‐chain engineering of regioregular copolymers for high‐performance polymer solar cells processed with nonhalogenated solvents. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Hyeonwoo Jung
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology Daegu Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology Daegu Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology Daegu Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology Daegu Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology Daegu Republic of Korea
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Synthesis and Properties of Benzodithiophene-Based Donor-Acceptor Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers. Macromol Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13233-019-7076-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Vacuum-Deposited Organic Solar Cells Based on a Dicyanovinyl-Terminated Small-Molecule Donor. Macromol Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13233-019-7132-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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