A high-performance ternary organic solar cell (OSC) is developed through rational design of a nonfullerene guest acceptor. The optimized single-junction OSC shows reduced photon and carrier losses, leading to a high power conversion efficiency of more than 20%.
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This is a summary of: Jiang, Y. et al. Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells. Nat. Energy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01557-z (2024).
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Single-junction organic solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of more than 20%. Nat Energy 9, 930–931 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01558-y
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