Zhengxing Peng

Du, Z., Luong, H. M., Sabury, S., Therdkatanyuphong, P., Chae, S., Welton, C., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2023, October 5). Additive-free molecular acceptor organic solar cells processed from a biorenewable solvent approaching 15% efficiency. MATERIALS HORIZONS, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3mh01133j

Siddika, S., Peng, Z., Balar, N., Dong, X., Zhong, X., You, W., … OConnor, B. T. (2023). Molecular interactions that drive morphological and mechanical stabilities in organic solar cells. JOULE, 7(7), 1593–1608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.06.002

Wang, Z., Peng, Z., Balar, N., & Ade, H. (2023, November 2). Suppressing pre-aggregation to increase polymer solar cell ink shelf life. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta06617g

Peng, Z., & Ade, H. (2023, April 24). Unveiling re-entrant phase behavior and crystalline-amorphous interactions in semi-conducting polymer:small molecule blends. MATERIALS HORIZONS, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3mh00034f

Fu, H., Peng, Z., Fan, Q., Lin, F. R., Qi, F., Ran, Y., … Jen, A. K.-Y. (2022, July 15). A Top-Down Strategy to Engineer ActiveLayer Morphology for Highly Efficient and Stable All-Polymer Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202202608

Gao, W., Qi, F., Peng, Z., Lin, F. R., Jiang, K., Zhong, C., … Jen, A. K.-Y. (2022, July 11). Achieving 19% Power Conversion Efficiency in Planar-Mixed Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Using a Pseudosymmetric Electron Acceptor. ADVANCED MATERIALS, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202202089

Ho, C. H. Y., Pei, Y., Qin, Y., Zhang, C., Peng, Z., Angunawela, I., … So, F. (2022, October 11). Importance of Electric-Field-Independent Mobilities in Thick-Film Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c11265

Jiang, K., Zhang, J., Zhong, C., Lin, F. R., Qi, F., Li, Q., … Jen, A. K.-Y. (2022). Suppressed recombination loss in organic photovoltaics adopting a planar-mixed heterojunction architecture. NATURE ENERGY, 7(11), 1076–1086. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01138-y

Yu, H., Luo, S., Sun, R., Angunawela, I., Qi, Z., Peng, Z., … Yan, H. (2021). 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100791

Ghasemi, M., Balar, N., Peng, Z., Hu, H., Qin, Y., Kim, T., … Ade, H. (2021). A molecular interaction-diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability. NATURE MATERIALS, 20(4), 525-+. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00872-6

Chen, Y., Bai, F., Peng, Z., Zhu, L., Zhang, J., Zou, X., … Yan, H. (2021). Asymmetric Alkoxy and Alkyl Substitution on Nonfullerene Acceptors Enabling High-Performance Organic Solar Cells. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202003141

Zheng, Y., Sun, R., Zhang, M., Chen, Z., Peng, Z., Wu, Q., … Min, J. (2021, October 17). Baseplate Temperature-Dependent Vertical Composition Gradient in Pseudo-Bilayer Films for Printing Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202102135

Schopp, N., Brus, V. V., Lee, J., Dixon, A., Karki, A., Liu, T., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2021). Effect of Palladium-Tetrakis(Triphenylphosphine) Catalyst Traces on Charge Recombination and Extraction in Non-Fullerene-based Organic Solar Cells. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 31(15). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202009363

Du, Z., Mainville, M., Vollbrecht, J., Dixon, A. L., Schopp, N., Schrock, M., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2021, June 3). Insights into Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Processed from Green Solvent. SOLAR RRL, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202100213

Jiang, K., Zhang, J., Peng, Z., Lin, F., Wu, S., Li, Z., … Jen, A. K.-Y. (2021). Pseudo-bilayer architecture enables high-performance organic solar cells with enhanced exciton diffusion length. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20791-z

Peng, Z., Ye, L., & Ade, H. (2021, December 1). Understanding, quantifying, and controlling the molecular ordering of semiconducting polymers: from novices to experts and amorphous to perfect crystals. MATERIALS HORIZONS, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0mh00837k

Peng, Z., Balar, N., Ghasemi, M., & Ade, H. (2021). 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. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02848

Li, Y., Guo, X., Peng, Z., Qu, B., Yan, H., Ade, H., … Forrest, S. R. (2020). 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. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007799117

Yi, X., Peng, Z., Xu, B., Seyitliyev, D., Ho, C. H. Y., Danilov, E. O., … So, F. (2020). Critical Role of Polymer Aggregation and Miscibility in Nonfullerene-Based Organic Photovoltaics. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 10(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201902430

Chai, G., Chang, Y., Peng, Z., Jia, Y., Zou, X., Yu, D., … Zhan, C. (2020). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105087

Qin, Y., Xu, Y., Peng, Z., Hou, J., & Ade, H. (2020). 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202005011

Zhang, J., Li, Y., Peng, Z., Bai, F., Ma, L.-K., Ade, H., … Yan, H. (2020). Near-infrared electron acceptors with fused nonacyclic molecular backbones for nonfullerene organic solar cells. MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 4(6), 1729–1738. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qm00754g

Samson, S., Rech, J., Perdigon-Toro, L., Peng, Z., Shoaee, S., Ade, H., … You, W. (2020). Organic Solar Cells with Large Insensitivity to Donor Polymer Molar Mass across All Acceptor Classes. ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 2(11), 5300–5308. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c01041

Liang, J., Pan, M., Chai, G., Peng, Z., Zhang, J., Luo, S., … Yan, H. (2020). 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202003500

Balar, N., Siddika, S., Kashani, S., Peng, Z., Rech, J. J., Ye, L., … Brendan T. O'Conner. (2020). Role of Secondary Thermal Relaxations in Conjugated Polymer Film Toughness. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 32(15), 6540–6549. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01910

Arunagiri, L., Peng, Z., Zou, X., Yu, H., Zhang, G., Wang, Z., … Yan, H. (2020). Selective Hole and Electron Transport in Efficient Quaternary Blend Organic Solar Cells. JOULE, 4(8), 1790–1805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.06.014

Hu, H., Ghasemi, M., Peng, Z., Zhang, J., Rech, J. J., You, W., … Ade, H. (2020). The Role of Demixing and Crystallization Kinetics on the Stability of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 32(49). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202005348

Karki, A., Vollbrecht, J., Gillett, A. J., Xiao, S. S., Yang, Y., Peng, Z., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2020). 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. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ee01896a

Wang, Z., Peng, Z., Xiao, Z., Seyitliyev, D., Gundogdu, K., Ding, L., & Ade, H. (2020). Thermodynamic Properties and Molecular Packing Explain Performance and Processing Procedures of Three D18:NFA Organic Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 32(49). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202005386

Karki, A., Vollbrecht, J., Gillett, A. J., Selter, P., Lee, J., Peng, Z., … Nguyen, T.-Q. (2020). Unifying Charge Generation, Recombination, and Extraction in Low-Offset Non-Fullerene Acceptor Organic Solar Cells. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 10(29). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202001203

Jiang, K., Wei, Q., Lai, J. Y. L., Peng, Z., Kim, H. K., Yuan, J., … Yan, H. (2019). Alkyl Chain Tuning of Small Molecule Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. JOULE, 3(12), 3020–3033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.09.010

Ghasemi, M., Hu, H., Peng, Z., Rech, J. J., Angunawela, I., Carpenter, J. H., … Ade, H. (2019). Delineation of Thermodynamic and Kinetic Factors that Control Stability in Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells. JOULE, 3(5), 1328–1348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.03.020

Zhang, Q., Rech, J. J., Yan, L., Liang, Q., Peng, Z., Ade, H., … You, W. (2019). Effect of Cyano Substitution on Conjugated Polymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 1(12), 3313–3322. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.9b00767

Duan, C., Peng, Z., Colberts, F. J. M., Pang, S., Ye, L., Awartani, O. M., … al. (2019). Efficient Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells with Enhanced Fill Factors via Increased Fullerene Loading. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 11(11), 10794–10800. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b00337

Zhu, Y., Gadisa, A., Peng, Z., Ghasemi, M., Ye, L., Xu, Z., … Ade, H. (2019). Rational Strategy to Stabilize an Unstable High-Efficiency Binary Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with a Third Component. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 9(20). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201900376

Bauer, N., Zhang, Q., Rech, J. J., Dai, S., Peng, Z., Ade, H., … You, W. (2019). The impact of fluorination on both donor polymer and non-fullerene acceptor: The more fluorine, the merrier. NANO RESEARCH, 12(9), 2400–2405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2362-3

Rech, J. J., Yan, L., Peng, Z., Dai, S., Zhan, X., Ade, H., & You, W. (2019). Utilizing Difluorinated Thiophene Units To Improve the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells. MACROMOLECULES, 52(17), 6523–6532. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01168

Hu, H., Li, Y., Zhang, J., Peng, Z., Ma, L.-kuen, Xin, J., … Yan, H. (2018). 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201800234

Huang, H., Bin, H., Peng, Z., Qiu, B., Sun, C., Liebman-Pelaez, A., … Li, Y. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01036

Li, X., Huang, H., Peng, Z., Sun, C., Yang, D., Zhou, J., … Li, Y. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta05920a

Peng, Z., Jiao, X., Ye, L., Li, S., Rech, J. J., You, W., … Ade, H. (2018). Measuring Temperature-Dependent Miscibility for Polymer Solar Cell Blends: An Easily Accessible Optical Method Reveals Complex Behavior. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 30(12), 3943–3951. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00889

Kelly, M. A., Zhang, Q., Peng, Z., Noman, V., Zhu, C., Ade, H., & You, W. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta05132a

Bauer, N., Zhang, Q., Zhu, J., Peng, Z., Yan, L., Zhu, C., … You, W. (2017). Donor polymer fluorination doubles the efficiency in non-fullerene organic photovoltaics. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 5(43), 22536–22541. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta07882j

Zhang, Q., Yan, L., Jiao, X., Peng, Z., Liu, S., Rech, J. J., … You, W. (2017). Fluorinated Thiophene Units Improve Photovoltaic Device Performance of Donor–Acceptor Copolymers. Chemistry of Materials, 29(14), 5990–6002. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01683

Li, X., Huang, H., Bin, H., Peng, Z., Zhu, C., Xue, L., … Li, Y. (2017). 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. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03928