Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41436793›Full record

ArticleNature communications2025

Intrinsic light reflection of conjugated films towards high-performance organic solar cells.

Zichao Shen, Guanyu Lu, Xian Tang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Songqiao Li, Jin Wang, Jinde Yu, Fan Gao, Laju Bu, Xin Chen and 4 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Zichao ShenInstitute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9296-5841
Guanyu LuFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Xian TangFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yuanyuan ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Songqiao LiFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Jin WangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Jinde YuFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Fan GaoInstitute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, China.
Laju BuFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7908-9874
Xin ChenFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yuanwei ZhuFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. zhuyuanwei@xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4885-9458
Hongge PanInstitute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, China. honggepan@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7582-3744
Lingxian MengSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. lxmeng@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-6247
Guanghao LuFrontier Institute of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, and State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. guanghao.lu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7829-7308

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52203245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In organic solar cells (OSCs), which represent a quintessential application system for organic conjugated films, the intrinsic light reflection of these films significantly influences the optical performance of the devices through the Fabry-Pérot micro-cavity effect. However, this phenomenon has not been comprehensively investigated. This study demonstrates that the film's intrinsic reflection arises from the light-matter interaction, which is mainly governed by the polarizability of delocalized electron cloud and the orientation of the conjugated backbone. Furthermore, the multi-level interference within the OSC micro-cavity leads to a dependence of both the reflection properties and the short-circuit current density (J

Identifiers

PMID41436793
PMCPMC12816033

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.