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¹CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Organic Electronics
Photovoltaics

Background:

Minimizing energy loss is crucial for high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs).
Energy loss in OSCs originates from factors like strong exciton binding energy and nonradiative decay.
Quinoxaline (Qx)-based materials offer potential solutions due to their unique properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To summarize design strategies for quinoxaline (Qx)-based acceptors.
To review the impact of Qx-based acceptors on optoelectronic properties and device performance.
To explore the use of Qx-based acceptors in ternary strategies for energy loss reduction.

Main Methods:

Review of design strategies for small-molecule, giant dimeric, and polymeric Qx-based acceptors.
Analysis of structure-property relationships in Qx-based materials.
Discussion of ternary strategies incorporating Qx-based acceptors.

Main Results:

Qx-based acceptors exhibit low reorganization energy and favorable molecular packing.
These properties contribute to reduced energy loss and enhanced charge generation and transport.
Qx-based acceptors have demonstrated improved photovoltaic performance in OSCs.

Conclusions:

Qx-based acceptors represent a promising class of materials for efficient OSCs.
Strategic molecular design of Qx-based acceptors can significantly reduce energy loss.
Further research into Qx-based acceptors can lead to stable and industry-compatible OSCs.