Charge Generation in Non-Fullerene Donor–Acceptor Blends for Organic Solar Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (34) ◽  
pp. 18412-18422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasim Zarrabi ◽  
Dani M. Stoltzfus ◽  
Paul L. Burn ◽  
Paul E. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Donor Acceptor

Uphill and downhill charge generation from charge transfer to charge separated states in organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahidul Alam ◽  
Vojtech Nádaždy ◽  
Tomáš Váry ◽  
Christian Friebe ◽  
Rico Meitzner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Voltammetry ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Joint Density ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Donor Acceptor

Energy level alignments at the organic donor–acceptor interface cannot be predicted from cyclic voltammetry. Onsets for joint density of states and charge generation, reveal cases of energy uphill and – newly observed – downhill charge generation.

scholarly journals Long-lived and disorder-free charge transfer states enable endothermic charge separation in efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ture F. Hinrichsen ◽  
Christopher C. S. Chan ◽  
Chao Ma ◽  
David Paleček ◽  
Alexander Gillett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Free Charge ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Thermodynamic Conditions ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Interfacial Charge

Abstract Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors can show high charge generation yields despite near-zero donor–acceptor energy offsets to drive charge separation and overcome the mutual Coulomb attraction between electron and hole. Here, we use time-resolved optical spectroscopy to show that free charges in these systems are generated by thermally activated dissociation of interfacial charge-transfer states that occurs over hundreds of picoseconds at room temperature, three orders of magnitude slower than comparable fullerene-based systems. Upon free electron–hole encounters at later times, both charge-transfer states and emissive excitons are regenerated, thus setting up an equilibrium between excitons, charge-transfer states and free charges. Our results suggest that the formation of long-lived and disorder-free charge-transfer states in these systems enables them to operate closely to quasi-thermodynamic conditions with no requirement for energy offsets to drive interfacial charge separation and achieve suppressed non-radiative recombination.

Synergistic Effect Incorporating Intra- and Inter-Molecular Charge Transfer in Nonfullerene Acceptor Molecules for High-Efficient Organic Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiwen Ji ◽  
Lingxia Xu ◽  
Hang Yin ◽  
Bin Cui ◽  
Longlong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Specific Mechanism ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
High Efficient ◽  
Molecular Charge ◽  
Efficient Charge ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Nonfullerene Acceptor

Organic solar cells (OSCs) based on nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) have achieved rapid developments benefiting from the near-zero donor/acceptor (D/A) energy offset. However, a specific mechanism underlying the high-efficient charge generation...

Ultrafast Channel I and Channel II Charge Generation Processes at a Nonfullerene Donor-Acceptor PTB7:PDI Interface is Crucial for Its Excellent Photovoltaic Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Li ◽  
Dong-Hui Xu ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Xiangyang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Photovoltaic Performance ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
High Absorption Coefficient ◽  
High Absorption

Nonfullerene organic solar cells have received much attention in recent years due to their low cost, high absorption coefficient and excellent synthetic flexibility. However, the microscopic photoinduced dynamics at corresponding...

Additive-induced Miscibility Regulation and Hierarchical Morphology Enables 17.5% Binary Organic Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Lv ◽  
Hua Tang ◽  
Jiaming Huang ◽  
Cenqi Yan ◽  
Kuan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Charge Trapping ◽  
Free Charge ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
Low Charge ◽  
Hierarchical Morphology

Due to the barrierless free charge generation, low charge trapping, and high charge mobilities, the PM6:Y6 organic solar cell (OSC) achieves excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.7%. However, the...

Triphenylamine based donor-acceptor-donor type small molecules for organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 1198 ◽  
pp. 113176
Author(s):  
Sadaf Bibi ◽  
Rasheed Ahmad Khera ◽  
Afifa Farhat ◽  
Javed Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Donor Type ◽  
Donor Acceptor

Unraveling the Temperature Dependence of Exciton Dissociation and Free Charge Generation in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

Solar RRL ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 2000789
Author(s):  
Chao Ma ◽  
Christopher C. S. Chan ◽  
Xinhui Zou ◽  
Han Yu ◽  
Jianquan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Free Charge ◽  
Exciton Dissociation ◽  
Charge Generation

scholarly journals Single particle dual plasmonic effect for efficient organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adi Prasetio ◽  
Soyeon Kim ◽  
Muhammad Jahandar ◽  
Dong Chan Lim
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Resonance Effect ◽  
Localized Surface Plasmon ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Charge Generation ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Light Reflectance

AbstractIncorporating localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) into organic solar cells (OSCs) is a popular method for improving the power conversion efficiency (PCE) by introducing better light absorption. In this work, we designed a one-pot synthesis of Ag@SiO2@AuNPs dual plasmons and observed an immense increase in light absorption over a wide range of wavelengths. Ag@SiO2 plays the main role in enhancing light absorption near the ultraviolet band. The silica shell can also further enhance the LSP resonance effect and prevent recombination on the surface of AgNPs. The AuNPs on the Ag@SiO2 shell exhibited strong broad visible-light absorption due to LSP resonance and decreased light reflectance. By utilizing Ag@SiO2@AuNPs, we could enhance the light absorption and photoinduced charge generation, thereby increasing the device PCE to 8.57% and Jsc to 17.67 mA cm−2, which can be attributed to the enhanced optical properties. Meanwhile, devices without LSPR nanoparticles and Ag@SiO2 LSPR only showed PCEs of 7.36% and 8.18%, respectively.

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