Control of aggregated structure of photovoltaic polymers for high‐efficiency solar cells by Mengyuan Gao, Wenxuan Wang, Jianhui Hou, Long Ye

“…Subsequently, a variety of effective strategies to control the aggregated structure of photovoltaic polymers are discussed for polymer:fullerene solar cells and polymer:nonfullerene small molecule solar cells. …”
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Enabling high-performance, centimeter-scale organic solar cells through three-dimensional charge transport by Baobing Fan, Wenkai Zhong, Jinxiang Chen, Francis Lin, Yue Wu, Qunping Fan, Hin-Lap Yip, Alex K.-Y. Jen

“…Here, we report the introduction of a nematic liquid crystal donor, BTR-Cl, into a typical non-fullerene blending system of PM6:BTP-eC9. The participation of BTR-Cl contributes to a significantly improved crystallinity and ordering of the host components and facilitates efficient three-dimensional charge transport in the active layer. …”
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Facile access to pyridinium-based bent aromatic amphiphiles: nonionic surface modification of nanocarbons in water by Lorenzo Catti, Shinji Aoyama, Michito Yoshizawa

“…Importantly, efficient water-solubilization and nonionic surface modification of various nanocarbons (e.g., fullerene C60, carbon nanotubes, and graphene nanoplatelets) are achieved through noncovalent encircling with the bent amphiphiles. …”
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3D-Conformer of Tris[60]fullerenylated cis-Tris(diphenylamino-fluorene) as Photoswitchable Charge-Polarizer on GHz-Responsive Trilayered Core-Shell Dielectric Nanoparticles by He Yin, Min Wang, Tzuyang Yu, Loon-Seng Tan, Long Y. Chiang

“…The former, with three C60> cages per molecule facing at the same side of the geometrical molecular cup-shape, was proposed to provide excellent binding interaction forces at the gold surface of core-shell γ-FeOx@AuNP nanoparticles and to direct the subsequent formation of a fullerene cage array (defined as fullerosome). Upon photoactivation of the Au-layer and cis-cup-tris[C60>(DPAF-C9)] itself, the degree of photoinduced intramolecular e−-transfer from DPAF to a C60> moiety was found to be largely enhanced by the accumulated plasmonic resonance energy at the near-field surface. …”
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Latent ion tracks were finally observed in diamond by H. Amekura, A. Chettah, K. Narumi, A. Chiba, Y. Hirano, K. Yamada, S. Yamamoto, A. A. Leino, F. Djurabekova, K. Nordlund, N. Ishikawa, N. Okubo, Y. Saitoh

“…Here we report the first observation of ion track formation in diamond irradiated with 2–9 MeV C60 fullerene ions. Depending on the ion energy, the mean track length (diameter) changed from 17 (3.2) nm to 52 (7.1) nm. …”
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Environmentally friendly cathode interlayer modification on edible bio‐acids with enhanced electron extraction and improved power conversion efficiency by Junjie Wen, Rui Lin, Yibing Wu, Hong Zhang, Hui Zhou, Zheng Liu, Yu Xie, Dapeng Ye, Xinhua Ouyang

“…In this research, three edible bio‐acids, ursolic acid, citric acid, and malic acid, are employed to modify the PDIN CIL of the organic solar cells (OSCs) with non‐fullerene acceptors. Among these edible bio‐acid modifiers, ursolic acid shows its excellent performance in improving interfacial contact and suppressing charge recombination. …”
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Mass spectrometry of refractory black carbon particles from six sources: carbon-cluster and oxygenated ions by J. C. Corbin, B. Sierau, M. Gysel, M. Laborde, A. Keller, J. Kim, A. Petzold, T. B. Onasch, U. Lohmann, A. A. Mensah

“…Six samples were investigated, all of which were composed primarily of refractory material: fuel-rich and fuel-lean propane/air diffusion-flame combustion particles; graphite-spark-generated particles; a commercial fullerene-enriched soot; Regal Black, a commercial carbon black; and nascent aircraft-turbine combustion particles. …”
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Microstructural Study of IF-WS2 Failure Modes by Jamie Cook, Steven Rhyans, Lou Roncase, Garth Hobson, Claudia C. Luhrs

“…This manuscript summarizes the failure mechanisms found in inorganic fullerene-type tungsten disulfide (IF-WS2) nanoparticles treated with diverse pressure loading methods. …”
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Influence of Block Ratio on Thermal, Optical, and Photovoltaic Properties of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-<i>b</i>-poly(3-butylthiophene)-<i>b</i>-poly(3-octylthiophene) by Van Hai Nguyen, Thanh Danh Nguyen, Jongwoo Song, Jongdeok An, Chan Im

“…Efforts to improve the solar power conversion efficiencies of binary bulk heterojunction-type organic photovoltaic devices using an active layer consisting of a poly-(3-alkylthiophene) (P3AT) homopolymer and a suitable fullerene derivative face barriers caused by the intrinsic properties of homopolymers. …”
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Testing of WS2 Nanoparticles Functionalized by a Humin-Like Shell as Lubricant Additives by Hagit Sade, Alexey Moshkovich, Jean-Paul Lellouche, Lev Rapoport

“…We tested WS2 inorganic nanotubes (INTs) and two grades of inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles (IFs). The shell/coating was found to improve friction reduction for IFs but not for INTs through better dispersion in the oil. …”
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Fast Identification and Quantification of Graphene Oxide in Aqueous Environment by Raman Spectroscopy by Shengnan Yang, Qian Chen, Mengyao Shi, Qiangqiang Zhang, Suke Lan, Tusunniyaze Maimaiti, Qun Li, Peng Ouyang, Kexin Tang, Sheng-Tao Yang

“…According to the Raman characteristics, GO was easily be distinguished from other carbon nanomaterials in aqueous environments, such as carbon nanotubes, fullerene and carbon nanoparticles. The GO concentration was quantified in the range of 0.001–0.6 mg/mL with good linearity. …”
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Metal‐Organic Framework Nanosheets as Templates to Enhance Performance in Semi‐Crystalline Organic Photovoltaic Cells by Kezia Sasitharan, Rachel C. Kilbride, Emma L.K. Spooner, Jenny Clark, Ahmed Iraqi, David G. Lidzey, Jonathan A. Foster

“…In particular, this approach led to the development of PffBT4T2OD‐MON‐PCBM device with a PCE of 12.3%, which to the authors’ knowledge is the highest performing fullerene based OPV device reported in literature to date. …”
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Versatile Functionalization of Carbon Nanomaterials by Ferrate(VI) by Ying Zhou, Zhao-Yang Zhang, Xianhui Huang, Jiantong Li, Tao Li

“…Herein, we scrutinize the reactivity of K2FeO4 using fullerene C60 and various nanocarbons as substrates. …”
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Effect of Side-Chain Variation on Single-Crystalline Structures for Revealing the Structure–Property Relationships of Organic Solar Cells by Chen Yang, Liu Yuan, Ruimin Zhou, Zhen Wang, Jianqi Zhang, Yajie Zhang, Kun Lu, Zhixiang Wei

“…Here, we report two new small molecular donors with different side chains, FBT-O and FBT-H, and their corresponding fullerene-based OSCs. A slight change in the side chains led to a big difference in the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). …”
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Pressure and thermal annealing effects on the photoconversion efficiency of polymer solar cells by D. O. Oyewole, O. K. Oyewole, K. Kushnir, T. Shi, O. V. Oyelade, S. A. Adeniji, B. Agyei-Tuffour, K. Evans-Lutterodt, L. V. Titova, W. O. Soboyejo

“…This paper presents the results of experimental and theoretical studies of the effects of pressure and thermal annealing on the photo-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of polymer solar cells with active layers that consist of a mixture of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) and fullerene derivative (6,6)-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester. …”
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Size and Shape’s Effects on the High-Pressure Behavior of WS₂ Nanomaterials by Lei Yue, Dan Xu, Ziyu Wei, Tingting Zhao, Tao Lin, Reshef Tenne, Alla Zak, Quanjun Li, Bingbing Liu

“…In this study, we investigated the compression behaviors of WS₂ nanotubes (NT-WS₂) and fullerene-like nanoparticles (IF-WS₂) by in situ high-pressure X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. …”
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Rational molecular and device design enables organic solar cells approaching 20% efficiency by Jiehao Fu, Qianguang Yang, Peihao Huang, Sein Chung, Kilwon Cho, Zhipeng Kan, Heng Liu, Xinhui Lu, Yongwen Lang, Hanjian Lai, Feng He, Patrick W. K. Fong, Shirong Lu, Yang Yang, Zeyun Xiao, Gang Li

“…In this work, guided by theoretical calculation, we present a rational design of non-fullerene acceptor o-BTP-eC9, with distinct photoelectric properties compared to benchmark BTP-eC9. o-BTP-eC9 based device has uplifted charge transfer state, therefore significantly reducing the energy loss by 41 meV and showing excellent power conversion efficiency of 18.7%. …”
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Carbon Nanoparticles as Sources for a Cost-Effective Water Purification Method: A Comprehensive Review by Ankit Kotia, Aman Yadav, Tata Rohit Raj, Maria Gertrud Keischgens, Happy Rathore, Ioannis E. Sarris

“…Carbon-based materials, which includes activated carbon, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), fullerene, and carbon dots, are observed as potential candidates for water treatment. …”
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Carbon Nanostructures as Therapeutic Cargoes: Recent Developments and Challenges by Jagtar Singh, Pallavi Nayak, Gurdeep Singh, Madhusmruti Khandai, Rashmi Ranjan Sarangi, Mihir Kumar Kar

“…Carbon nanostructures gained traction in pharmaceutical technology in the last decade due to their high stability, ease of synthesis, tunable surface chemistry, and biocompatibility. Fullerene, nanotubes, nanodiamonds, nanodots, and nanoribbons are among the major carbon nanostructures that have been extensively studied for applications in tissue engineering, biosensing, bioimaging, theranostics, drug delivery, and gene therapy. …”
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Structure-Property Relationships in Graphene-Based Strain and Pressure Sensors for Potential Artificial Intelligence Applications by Zewei Luo, Xiaotong Hu, Xiyue Tian, Chen Luo, Hejun Xu, Quanling Li, Qianhao Li, Jian Zhang, Fei Qiao, Xing Wu, V. E. Borisenko, Junhao Chu

“…The sensing materials are classified into four structures including 0D fullerene, 1D fiber, 2D film, and 3D porous structures. …”
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