Zhengxing Peng

Additive-free molecular acceptor organic solar cells processed from a biorenewable solvent approaching 15% efficiency

Du, Z., Luong, H. M., Sabury, S., Therdkatanyuphong, P., Chae, S., Welton, C., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2023, January 1). Materials Horizons, Vol. 10.

Molecular interactions that drive morphological and mechanical stabilities in organic solar cells

Siddika, S., Peng, Z., Balar, N., Dong, X., Zhong, X., You, W., … O’Connor, B. T. (2023, June 22). Joule, Vol. 7, pp. 1593–1608.

Suppressing pre-aggregation to increase polymer solar cell ink shelf life

Wang, Z., Peng, Z., Balar, N., & Ade, H. (2023, November 2). Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 11.

Unveiling re-entrant phase behavior and crystalline–amorphous interactions in semi-conducting polymer:small molecule blends

Peng, Z., & Ade, H. (2023, January 1). Materials Horizons, Vol. 4.

A Top‐Down Strategy to Engineer ActiveLayer Morphology for Highly Efficient and Stable All‐Polymer Solar Cells

Fu, H., Peng, Z., Fan, Q., Lin, F. R., Qi, F., Ran, Y., … Jen, A. K. Y. (2022, June 24). Advanced Materials, Vol. 7.

Achieving 19% Power Conversion Efficiency in Planar‐Mixed Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Using a Pseudosymmetric Electron Acceptor

Gao, W., Qi, F., Peng, Z., Lin, F. R., Jiang, K., Zhong, C., … Jen, A. K. Y. (2022, June 20). Advanced Materials, Vol. 7.

Importance of Electric-Field-Independent Mobilities in Thick-Film Organic Solar Cells

Ho, C. H. Y., Pei, Y., Qin, Y., Zhang, C., Peng, Z., Angunawela, I., … So, F. (2022, October 11). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 10.

Suppressed recombination loss in organic photovoltaics adopting a planar–mixed heterojunction architecture

Jiang, K., Zhang, J., Zhong, C., Lin, F. R., Qi, F., Li, Q., … Jen, A. K.-Y. (2022, November 14). Nature Energy, Vol. 7, pp. 1076–1086.

A Difluoro‐Monobromo End Group Enables High‐Performance Polymer Acceptor and Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells Processable with Green Solvent under Ambient Condition

Yu, H., Luo, S., Sun, R., Angunawela, I., Qi, Z., Peng, Z., … Yan, H. (2021, May 2). Advanced Functional Materials.

A molecular interaction–diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability

Ghasemi, M., Balar, N., Peng, Z., Hu, H., Qin, Y., Kim, T., … Ade, H. (2021, January 11). Nature Materials, Vol. 20, pp. 525-+.

Baseplate Temperature‐Dependent Vertical Composition Gradient in Pseudo‐Bilayer Films for Printing Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

Zheng, Y., Sun, R., Zhang, M., Chen, Z., Peng, Z., Wu, Q., … Min, J. (2021, October 17). Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 10.

Effect of Palladium‐Tetrakis(Triphenylphosphine) Catalyst Traces on Charge Recombination and Extraction in Non‐Fullerene‐based Organic Solar Cells

Schopp, N., Brus, V. V., Lee, J., Dixon, A., Karki, A., Liu, T., … Nguyen, T. Q. (2021, February 8). Advanced Functional Materials.

Insights into Bulk‐Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Processed from Green Solvent

Du, Z., Mainville, M., Vollbrecht, J., Dixon, A. L., Schopp, N., Schrock, M., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2021, May 26). Solar RRL, Vol. 5.

Pseudo-bilayer architecture enables high-performance organic solar cells with enhanced exciton diffusion length

Jiang, K., Zhang, J., Peng, Z., Lin, F., Wu, S., Li, Z., … Jen, A. K.-Y. (2021, January 20). Nature Communications, Vol. 12.

Understanding, quantifying, and controlling the molecular ordering of semiconducting polymers: from novices to experts and amorphous to perfect crystals

Peng, Z., Ye, L., & Ade, H. (2021, December 1). Materials Horizons, Vol. 9, pp. 577–606.

Upper and Apparent Lower Critical Solution Temperature Branches in the Phase Diagram of Polymer:Small Molecule Semiconducting Systems

Peng, Z., Balar, N., Ghasemi, M., & Ade, H. (2021, November 2). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 11.

Asymmetric Alkoxy and Alkyl Substitution on Nonfullerene Acceptors Enabling High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells

Chen, Y., Bai, F., Peng, Z., Zhu, L., Zhang, J., Zou, X., … Yan, H. (2020, November 30). Advanced Energy Materials.

Color-neutral, semitransparent organic photovoltaics for power window applications

Li, Y., Guo, X., Peng, Z., Qu, B., Yan, H., Ade, H., … Forrest, S. R. (2020, August 17). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 117, pp. 21147–21154.

Critical Role of Polymer Aggregation and Miscibility in Nonfullerene‐Based Organic Photovoltaics

Yi, X., Peng, Z., Xu, B., Seyitliyev, D., Ho, C. H. Y., Danilov, E. O., … So, F. (2020, January 29). Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 10.

Enhanced hindrance from phenyl outer side chains on nonfullerene acceptor enables unprecedented simultaneous enhancement in organic solar cell performances with 16.7% efficiency

Chai, G., Chang, Y., Peng, Z., Jia, Y., Zou, X., Yu, D., … Zhan, C. (2020, June 21). Nano Energy, Vol. 76.

Low Temperature Aggregation Transitions in N3 and Y6 Acceptors Enable Double‐Annealing Method That Yields Hierarchical Morphology and Superior Efficiency in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Qin, Y., Xu, Y., Peng, Z., Hou, J., & Ade, H. (2020, September 9). Advanced Functional Materials.

Near-infrared electron acceptors with fused nonacyclic molecular backbones for nonfullerene organic solar cells

Zhang, J., Li, Y., Peng, Z., Bai, F., Ma, L.-K., Ade, H., … Yan, H. (2020, January 1). Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 4, pp. 1729–1738.

Organic Solar Cells with Large Insensitivity to Donor Polymer Molar Mass across All Acceptor Classes

Samson, S., Rech, J., Perdigón-Toro, L., Peng, Z., Shoaee, S., Ade, H., … You, W. (2020, October 7). ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Vol. 2, pp. 5300–5308.

Random Polymerization Strategy Leads to a Family of Donor Polymers Enabling Well‐Controlled Morphology and Multiple Cases of High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells

Liang, J., Pan, M., Chai, G., Peng, Z., Zhang, J., Luo, S., … Yan, H. (2020, November 13). Advanced Materials.

Role of Secondary Thermal Relaxations in Conjugated Polymer Film Toughness

Balar, N., Siddika, S., Kashani, S., Peng, Z., Rech, J. J., Ye, L., … O’Connor, B. T. (2020, July 8). Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 32, pp. 6540–6549.

Selective Hole and Electron Transport in Efficient Quaternary Blend Organic Solar Cells

Arunagiri, L., Peng, Z., Zou, X., Yu, H., Zhang, G., Wang, Z., … Yan, H. (2020, July 15). Joule, Vol. 4, pp. 1790–1805.

The Role of Demixing and Crystallization Kinetics on the Stability of Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

Hu, H., Ghasemi, M., Peng, Z., Zhang, J., Rech, J. J., You, W., … Ade, H. (2020, November 5). Advanced Materials, Vol. 32, p. 2005348.

The role of bulk and interfacial morphology in charge generation, recombination, and extraction in non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

Karki, A., Vollbrecht, J., Gillett, A. J., Xiao, S. S., Yang, Y., Peng, Z., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2020, January 1). Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 13, pp. 3679–3692.

Thermodynamic Properties and Molecular Packing Explain Performance and Processing Procedures of Three D18:NFA Organic Solar Cells

Wang, Z., Peng, Z., Xiao, Z., Seyitliyev, D., Gundogdu, K., Ding, L., & Ade, H. (2020, November 4). Advanced Materials.

Unifying Charge Generation, Recombination, and Extraction in Low‐Offset Non‐Fullerene Acceptor Organic Solar Cells

Karki, A., Vollbrecht, J., Gillett, A. J., Selter, P., Lee, J., Peng, Z., … Nguyen, T. Q. (2020, June 18). Advanced Energy Materials.

Alkyl Chain Tuning of Small Molecule Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Jiang, K., Wei, Q., Lai, J. Y. L., Peng, Z., Kim, H. K., Yuan, J., … Yan, H. (2019, October 7). Joule, Vol. 3, pp. 3020–3033.

Delineation of Thermodynamic and Kinetic Factors that Control Stability in Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells

Ghasemi, M., Hu, H., Peng, Z., Rech, J. J., Angunawela, I., Carpenter, J. H., … Ade, H. (2019, April 22). Joule, Vol. 3, pp. 1328–1348.

Effect of Cyano Substitution on Conjugated Polymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Zhang, Q., Rech, J. J., Yan, L., Liang, Q., Peng, Z., Ade, H., … You, W. (2019, October 29). ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Vol. 1, pp. 3313–3322.

Efficient Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells with Enhanced Fill Factors via Increased Fullerene Loading

Duan, C., Peng, Z., Colberts, F. J. M., Pang, S., Ye, L., Awartani, O. M., … al. (2019, February 25). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 11, pp. 10794–10800.

Rational Strategy to Stabilize an Unstable High‐Efficiency Binary Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with a Third Component

Zhu, Y., Gadisa, A., Peng, Z., Ghasemi, M., Ye, L., Xu, Z., … Ade, H. (2019, April 3). Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, p. 1900376.

The impact of fluorination on both donor polymer and non-fullerene acceptor: The more fluorine, the merrier

Bauer, N., Zhang, Q., Rech, J. J., Dai, S., Peng, Z., Ade, H., … You, W. (2019, March 26). Nano Research, Vol. 12, pp. 2400–2405.

Utilizing Difluorinated Thiophene Units To Improve the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells

Rech, J. J., Yan, L., Peng, Z., Dai, S., Zhan, X., Ade, H., & You, W. (2019, August 22). Macromolecules, Vol. 52, pp. 6523–6532.

Effect of Ring‐Fusion on Miscibility and Domain Purity: Key Factors Determining the Performance of PDI‐Based Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Hu, H., Li, Y., Zhang, J., Peng, Z., Ma, L., Xin, J., … Yan, H. (2018, July 31). Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8.

Effect of Side-Chain Engineering of Bithienylbenzodithiophene-alt-fluorobenzotriazole-Based Copolymers on the Thermal Stability and Photovoltaic Performance of Polymer Solar Cells

Huang, H., Bin, H., Peng, Z., Qiu, B., Sun, C., Liebman-Pelaez, A., … Li, Y. (2018, August 1). Macromolecules, Vol. 51, pp. 6028–6036.

Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors

Li, X., Huang, H., Peng, Z., Sun, C., Yang, D., Zhou, J., … Li, Y. (2018, January 1). Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, pp. 15933–15941.

Measuring Temperature-Dependent Miscibility for Polymer Solar Cell Blends: An Easily Accessible Optical Method Reveals Complex Behavior

Peng, Z., Jiao, X., Ye, L., Li, S., Rech, J. J., You, W., … Ade, H. (2018, May 23). Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 30, pp. 3943–3951.

The finale of a trilogy: comparing terpolymers and ternary blends with structurally similar backbones for use in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

Kelly, M. A., Zhang, Q., Peng, Z., Noman, V., Zhu, C., Ade, H., & You, W. (2018, January 1). Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, pp. 19190–19200.

Donor polymer fluorination doubles the efficiency in non-fullerene organic photovoltaics

Bauer, N., Zhang, Q., Zhu, J., Peng, Z., Yan, L., Zhu, C., … You, W. (2017, January 1). Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, pp. 22536–22541.

Fluorinated Thiophene Units Improve Photovoltaic Device Performance of Donor–Acceptor Copolymers

Chemistry of Materials, 29(14), 5990–6002.

Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of a Series of Narrow Bandgap Organic Semiconductor Acceptors with Their Absorption Edge Reaching 900 nm

Li, X., Huang, H., Bin, H., Peng, Z., Zhu, C., Xue, L., … Li, Y. (2017, November 8). Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 29, pp. 10130–10138.