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, October 5). MATERIALS HORIZONS, Vol. 10.

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

JOULE, 7(7), 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, April 24). 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, July 15). 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, July 11). 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

NATURE ENERGY, 7(11), 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

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 31(25).

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

NATURE MATERIALS, 20(4), 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

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 31(15).

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, June 3). SOLAR RRL, Vol. 5.

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

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1).

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.

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

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 12(44), 10845–10853.

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

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 11(3).

Color-neutral, semitransparent organic photovoltaics for power window applications

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 117(35), 21147–21154.

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

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 10(8).

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

NANO ENERGY, 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

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 30(46).

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

MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 4(6), 1729–1738.

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

ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 2(11), 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

ADVANCED MATERIALS, 32(52).

Role of Secondary Thermal Relaxations in Conjugated Polymer Film Toughness

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 32(15), 6540–6549.

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

JOULE, 4(8), 1790–1805.

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

ADVANCED MATERIALS, 32(49).

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

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 13(10), 3679–3692.

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

ADVANCED MATERIALS, 32(49).

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

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 10(29).

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

JOULE, 3(12), 3020–3033.

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

JOULE, 3(5), 1328–1348.

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

ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 1(12), 3313–3322.

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

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 11(11), 10794–10800.

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

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 9(20).

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

NANO RESEARCH, 12(9), 2400–2405.

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

MACROMOLECULES, 52(17), 6523–6532.

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

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 8(26).

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

MACROMOLECULES, 51(15), 6028–6036.

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

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 6(33), 15933–15941.

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

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 30(12), 3943–3951.

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

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 6(39), 19190–19200.

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

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 5(43), 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

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 29(23), 10130–10138.