Towards predicting the power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells from donor and acceptor molecule structures

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (13) ◽  
pp. 3276-3287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yecheng Zhou ◽  
Guankui Long ◽  
Ailin Li ◽  
Angus Gray-Weale ◽  
Yongsheng Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Multiscale Simulation ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Acceptor Molecule ◽  
Simulation Framework ◽  
Donor And Acceptor ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

In this study, we developed a multiscale simulation framework to estimate the power conversion efficiencies of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells only based on the molecular structures of the donor and acceptor.

scholarly journals Correction: Towards predicting the power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells from donor and acceptor molecule structures

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1475-1476
Author(s):  
Yecheng Zhou ◽  
Guankui Long ◽  
Ailin Li ◽  
Angus Gray-Weale ◽  
Yongsheng Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Acceptor Molecule ◽  
Donor And Acceptor ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

Correction for ‘Towards predicting the power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells from donor and acceptor molecule structures’ by Yecheng Zhou et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 3276–3287.

Copolymers based on trialkylsilylethynyl-phenyl substituted benzodithiophene building block for efficient organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haifen Liu ◽  
Zixuan Zhu ◽  
Huafeng Li ◽  
Weili Fan ◽  
Kaihua Ning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Building Block ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

Non-fullerene acceptors have received a great deal of attention over the past several years, and numerous modifications on the molecular structures significantly boosted the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). To be...

Incorporating Semiflexible Linkers into Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers via Click Reaction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaofan Yang ◽  
Shijie Liang ◽  
Baiqiao Liu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Click Reaction ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Single Component ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Excellent Stability

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....

scholarly journals Optimization of solution-processed oligothiophene:fullerene based organic solar cells by using solvent additives

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 680-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela L Schulz ◽  
Marta Urdanpilleta ◽  
Roland Fitzner ◽  
Eduard Brier ◽  
Elena Mena-Osteritz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Vacuum Technology ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Donor And Acceptor ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

The optimization of solution-processed organic bulk-heterojunction solar cells with the acceptor-substituted quinquethiophene DCV5T-Bu 4 as donor in conjunction with PC61BM as acceptor is described. Power conversion efficiencies up to 3.0% and external quantum efficiencies up to 40% were obtained through the use of 1-chloronaphthalene as solvent additive in the fabrication of the photovoltaic devices. Furthermore, atomic force microscopy investigations of the photoactive layer gave insight into the distribution of donor and acceptor within the blend. The unique combination of solubility and thermal stability of DCV5T-Bu 4 also allows for fabrication of organic solar cells by vacuum deposition. Thus, we were able to perform a rare comparison of the device characteristics of the solution-processed DCV5T-Bu 4 :PC61BM solar cell with its vacuum-processed DCV5T-Bu 4 :C60 counterpart. Interestingly in this case, the efficiencies of the small-molecule organic solar cells prepared by using solution techniques are approaching those fabricated by using vacuum technology. This result is significant as vacuum-processed devices typically display much better performances in photovoltaic cells.

scholarly journals Self-assembled conjugated polyelectrolyte–surfactant complexes as efficient cathode interlayer materials for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (47) ◽  
pp. 23905-23916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michèle Chevrier ◽  
Judith E. Houston ◽  
Jurgen Kesters ◽  
Niko Van den Brande ◽  
Ann E. Terry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Conjugated Polyelectrolyte ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Interface Layers ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Cathode Interlayer

Conjugated polyelectrolyte–surfactant cathodic interface layers lead to improved power conversion efficiencies in organic solar cells.

High-efficiency non-fullerene organic solar cells enabled by a difluorobenzothiadiazole-based donor polymer combined with a properly matched small molecule acceptor

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 520-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingbo Zhao ◽  
Yunke Li ◽  
Haoran Lin ◽  
Yuhang Liu ◽  
Kui Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Donor And Acceptor ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Matched Donor

Non-fullerene organic solar cells with power conversion efficiencies of up to 6.3% are reported using properly matched donor and acceptor.

scholarly journals Effects of Nanoimprinted Structures on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hardeep Singh Gill ◽  
Lian Li ◽  
Haizhou Ren ◽  
Ravi Mosurkal ◽  
Jayant Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Higher Power ◽  
Carrier Collection ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

The effect of nanoimprinted structures on the performance of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells was investigated. The nanostructures were formed over the active layer employing the soft lithographic technique. The measured incident photon-to-current efficiency revealed that the nanostructured morphology over the active layer can efficiently enhance both light harvesting and charge carrier collection due to improvement of the absorption of incident light and the buried nanostructured cathode, respectively. The devices prepared with the imprinted nanostructures exhibited significantly higher power conversion efficiencies as compared to those of the control cells.

scholarly journals A-D-A-Type Oligothiophenes Containing Benzothiadiazole Terminal Units for Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Steinberger ◽  
Amaresh Mishra ◽  
Gisela Schulz ◽  
Christian Uhrich ◽  
Martin Pfeiffer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Visible Spectrum ◽  
Photovoltaic Properties ◽  
Acceptor Group ◽  
Moderate Power ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Homo Lumo

AbstractThe electron-deficient, fused-heterocyclebenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (BTDA) is investigated as acceptor group in A-D-A-type oligothiophenes in order to correlate their relative acceptor strength with opto-electronic and photovoltaic properties. In this respect, two novel BDTA-capped oligothiopheneswere synthesized and characterized by optical and electrochemical measurements. They showed broad absorptions in the visible spectrum and HOMO-LUMO energies well suited for organic solar cells. The attachment of terminal BTDA acceptor units to the conjugated oligothiophene backbone resulted in a hypsochromic shift in UV-Vis absorption and larger band gap in comparison to previously reported analogous dicyanovinylene (DCV)-substituted oligothiophenes indicating that BDTA is a weaker acceptor than DCV. Vacuumprocessed m-i-p (metal-intrinsic-p-doped)-type bilayer solar cells using these co-oligomers as donor and C60 as acceptor gave moderate power conversion efficiencies of around 1.0%. Bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells prepared by solution-processing using fullerene PC61BM as acceptor generated slightly lower efficiencies of 0.9%, whichwere increased to 1.5% by using the higher fullerene PC71BM. It was found that the cell efficiencies were mostly limited by the low photocurrent densities due to moderate light absorption in the bilayer devices and low fill factors coming from inefficient charge transport in the solutionprocessed BHJ devices.

Highly efficient small molecule solar cells fabricated with non-halogenated solvents

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (112) ◽  
pp. 92312-92317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangang Xiao ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Ke Gao ◽  
Yajing Yan ◽  
Junbiao Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
High Power ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Halogenated Solvents ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

Fabricated with non-halogenated solvents toluene and o-xylene, the bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells based on a porphyrin small molecule show high power conversion efficiencies up to 5.46% and 5.85%, respectively.

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