scholarly journals Performance limitations in thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-based polymer:ITIC solar cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (35) ◽  
pp. 23990-23998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Yang ◽  
Deping Qian ◽  
Ahmed Hesham Balawi ◽  
Yang Wu ◽  
Wei Ma ◽  
...  

Three thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-based conjugated polymers were applied in non-fullerene solar cells, in which the polymer PTPDBDT provided a high photovoltage but a low quantum efficiency. This was caused by the large phase separation in the bulk-heterojunction as confirmed by systematic studies.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaofan Yang ◽  
Shijie Liang ◽  
Baiqiao Liu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
...  

Single-component organic solar cells (SCOSCs) have been recognized as the promising photovoltaic technology due to the excellent stability, but their power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) are far lagging their bulk-heterojunction counterparts....


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ary R. Murad ◽  
Ahmed Iraqi ◽  
Shujahadeen B. Aziz ◽  
Sozan N. Abdullah ◽  
Mohamad A. Brza

In this review paper, we present a comprehensive summary of the different organic solar cell (OSC) families. Pure and doped conjugated polymers are described. The band structure, electronic properties, and charge separation process in conjugated polymers are briefly described. Various techniques for the preparation of conjugated polymers are presented in detail. The applications of conductive polymers for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic field effect transistors (OFETs), and organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are explained thoroughly. The architecture of organic polymer solar cells including single layer, bilayer planar heterojunction, and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) are described. Moreover, designing conjugated polymers for photovoltaic applications and optimizations of highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)–lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels are discussed. Principles of bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells are addressed. Finally, strategies for band gap tuning and characteristics of solar cell are presented. In this article, several processing parameters such as the choice of solvent(s) for spin casting film, thermal and solvent annealing, solvent additive, and blend composition that affect the nano-morphology of the photoactive layer are reviewed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (48) ◽  
pp. 21867-21876
Author(s):  
Xudong Jiang ◽  
Jinjin Yang ◽  
Safakath Karuthedath ◽  
Junyu Li ◽  
Wenbin Lai ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 4242-4252
Author(s):  
Radhakrishna Ratha ◽  
Mohammad Adil Afroz ◽  
Ritesh Kant Gupta ◽  
Parameswar Krishnan Iyer

Side chain ester substitution on donor–acceptor based conjugated polymers used as solar harvesters in a bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cell (PSC) can improve harvesting properties, phase separation in the active layer and PSC performance.


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