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Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Yuanyuan Jiang
Shanghai Normal University
2
Shitao Guan
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
3
Pengqing Bi
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
4
Kerui Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
Qin Tan
Southern University of Science and Technology
6
Lijiao Ma
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Zhenrong Jia
National University of Singapore
8
Jiawei Deng
Nanchang University
9
Xiaobin Gu
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
10
Kaien Chong
Westlake University

Papers

1
Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells
Nature Energy|2024
746 cit.
2
Self‐Assembled Interlayer Enables High‐Performance Organic Photovoltaics with Power Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 20%
Advanced Materials|2024
605 cit.
3
19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors
Joule|2024
301 cit.
4
20.6% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Incorporating a Lower Bandgap Guest Nonfullerene Acceptor Without Open‐Circuit Voltage Loss
Advanced Materials|2025
136 cit.
5
Publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024) [105 citations, W4404975276]
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
105 cit.
6
Fine-tuning the hierarchical morphology of multi-component organic photovoltaics <i>via</i> a dual-additive strategy for 20.5% efficiency
Energy & Environmental Science|2024
103 cit.
7
Efficient near-infrared harvesting in perovskite–organic tandem solar cells
Nature|2025
76 cit.
8
Publication in Advanced Materials (2024) [69 citations, W4391944748]
Advanced Materials|2024
69 cit.
9
Publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024) [48 citations, W4399362899]
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
48 cit.
10
Quinoxaline-based nonfullerene acceptors with powerful core-functionalization ability enabling efficient solar energy utilization
Energy & Environmental Science|2024
42 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Huifeng Yao
China Pharmaceutical University
2
Chunhui Duan
Ministry of Energy
3
Lijian Zuo
Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
4
Konrad Domanski
Fluxim (Switzerland)
5
Kai Zhang
Advanced Energy Materials (United States)
6
Jonathan Rivnay
École Normale Supérieure - PSL
7
Chaohua Cui
Soochow University
8
Dongdong Zhang
Tsinghua University
9
Dongdong Zhang
Henan University of Technology
10
Toshiaki Ikuta
Unknown

Papers

1
Accelerating Radiative Decay in Blue Through‐Space Charge Transfer Emitters by Minimizing the Face‐to‐Face Donor–Acceptor Distances
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
139 cit.
2
Sensitive Organic Photodetectors With Spectral Response up to 1.3 µm Using a Quinoidal Molecular Semiconductor
Advanced Materials|2024
135 cit.
3
Organic electrochemical transistors as on-site signal amplifiers for electrochemical aptamer-based sensing
Nature Communications|2023
122 cit.
4
Highly efficient and nearly roll-off–free electrofluorescent devices via multiple sensitizations
Science Advances|2022
114 cit.
5
Sensitive short-wavelength infrared photodetection with a quinoidal ultralow band-gap n-type organic semiconductor
Chem|2024
113 cit.
6
Organic mixed conductors for electrochemical transistors
Matter|2023
111 cit.
7
Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles with Intrinsic Aqueous Dispersibility for Conductive Hydrogels
Advanced Materials|2023
107 cit.
8
Nitrogen‐Embedded Multi‐Resonance Heteroaromatics with Prolonged Homogeneous Hexatomic Rings
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
91 cit.
9
Highly Efficient and Stable Blue Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes based on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorophor with Donor‐Void‐Acceptor Motif
Advanced Science|2022
65 cit.
10
On the role of asymmetric molecular geometry in high-performance organic solar cells
Nature Communications|2024
63 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Jianhui Hou
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
2
Stephen R. Forrest
University of Michigan
3
Yongfang Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Yong Cao
Southwest Forestry University
5
Richard H. Friend
University of Cambridge
6
Zhenan Bao
Stanford University
7
Yang Yang
Ministry of Natural Resources
8
Chihaya Adachi
Kyushu University
9
Alex K.‐Y. Jen
City University of Hong Kong
10
Tobin J. Marks
Northwestern University

Papers

1
Highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes from delayed fluorescence
Nature|2012
8.1k cit.
2
Highly efficient phosphorescent emission from organic electroluminescent devices
Nature|1998
7.2k cit.
3
Interface engineering of highly efficient perovskite solar cells
Science|2014
6.6k cit.
4
Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers
Nature|1999
6k cit.
5
High-efficiency solution processable polymer photovoltaic cells by self-organization of polymer blends
Nature Materials|2005
5.5k cit.
6
The path to ubiquitous and low-cost organic electronic appliances on plastic
Nature|2004
5.2k cit.
7
Bright light-emitting diodes based on organometal halide perovskite
Nature Nanotechnology|2014
4.4k cit.
8
Polymer solar cells
Nature Photonics|2012
4.4k cit.
9
Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure
Nature Photonics|2012
3.7k cit.
10
Nearly 100% internal phosphorescence efficiency in an organic light-emitting device
Journal of Applied Physics|2001
3.4k cit.

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