Synergistic effect of side-chain and backbone engineering in thieno[2,3-f]benzofuran-based conjugated polymers for high performance non-fullerene organic solar cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 958-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keke Dou ◽  
Xunchang Wang ◽  
Zurong Du ◽  
Huanxiang Jiang ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Photovoltaic Performance ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Alkyl Side Chains

A series of copolymers containing thieno[2,3-f]benzofuran unit with different alkyl side chains are synthesized. The best photovoltaic performance with power conversion efficiency over 11% have been realized.

scholarly journals High performance tandem organic solar cells via a strongly infrared-absorbing narrow bandgap acceptor

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenrong Jia ◽  
Shucheng Qin ◽  
Lei Meng ◽  
Qing Ma ◽  
Indunil Angunawela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
High Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Device Structure ◽  
Narrow Bandgap

AbstractTandem organic solar cells are based on the device structure monolithically connecting two solar cells to broaden overall absorption spectrum and utilize the photon energy more efficiently. Herein, we demonstrate a simple strategy of inserting a double bond between the central core and end groups of the small molecule acceptor Y6 to extend its conjugation length and absorption range. As a result, a new narrow bandgap acceptor BTPV-4F was synthesized with an optical bandgap of 1.21 eV. The single-junction devices based on BTPV-4F as acceptor achieved a power conversion efficiency of over 13.4% with a high short-circuit current density of 28.9 mA cm−2. With adopting BTPV-4F as the rear cell acceptor material, the resulting tandem devices reached a high power conversion efficiency of over 16.4% with good photostability. The results indicate that BTPV-4F is an efficient infrared-absorbing narrow bandgap acceptor and has great potential to be applied into tandem organic solar cells.

Incorporation of alkylthio side chains on benzothiadiazole-based non-fullerene acceptors enables high-performance organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (44) ◽  
pp. 23239-23247
Author(s):  
Andy Man Hong Cheung ◽  
Han Yu ◽  
Siwei Luo ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Zhenyu Qi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Side Chains ◽  
First Time

This is the first time alkylthio chains are employed on Y6-like NFAs to achieve organic solar cells of power conversion efficiency higher than 16%.

The influence of the central acceptor unit on the optoelectronic properties and photovoltaic performance of A–D–A–D–A-type co-oligomers

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Ata ◽  
Duško Popovic ◽  
Mika Lindén ◽  
Amaresh Mishra ◽  
Peter Bäuerle
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Photovoltaic Performance ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing

A series of A–D–A–D–A co-oligomers was developed and implemented as donor materials in solution-processable organic solar cells showing the dependence of molecular structures on the power conversion efficiency upon solvent vapor annealing.

Replacing Cyano (−C≡N) Group to Design Environmentally Friendly Fused-ring Electron Acceptors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuang Yao ◽  
Yezi Yang ◽  
Lei Li ◽  
Maolin Bo ◽  
Cheng Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Cyano Group ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Electron Acceptors ◽  
Fused Ring ◽  
Electron Withdrawing Group

Cyano-group (−C≡N) is an electron-withdrawing group, which has been widely used to construct high-performance fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs). Benefiting from these FREAs, the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells...

An acceptor–donor–acceptor type non-fullerene acceptor with an asymmetric backbone for high performance organic solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
pp. 6293-6298
Author(s):  
Cancan Jiao ◽  
Ziqi Guo ◽  
Binqiao Sun ◽  
Yuan-qiu-qiang Yi ◽  
Lingxian Meng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Acceptor Molecule ◽  
Donor Acceptor

An acceptor molecule with an asymmetric backbone, CC10, has been designed, which achieved a power conversion efficiency of 11.78%.

Chlorine-free processed high performance organic solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (32) ◽  
pp. 16681-16685 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Synooka ◽  
K.-R. Eberhardt ◽  
H. Hoppe
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Chlorinated Solvents ◽  
Solvent System ◽  
Chlorinated Solvent

In this work, we demonstrate the successful replacement of a chlorinated solvent system based on a 1 : 1 mixture of chlorobenzene and ortho-dichlorobenzene with the chlorine-free solvent xylene, resulting in chlorine-free processing with a small amount of diiodooctane additive. In fact, the overall power conversion efficiency is improved from 6.71% for the chlorinated solvents to 7.15% for the chlorine-free solvent m-xylene.

scholarly journals Effect of the π-conjugation length on the properties and photovoltaic performance of A–π–D–π–A type oligothiophenes with a 4,8-bis(thienyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene core

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 1788-1797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ni Yin ◽  
Lilei Wang ◽  
Yi Lin ◽  
Jinduo Yi ◽  
Lingpeng Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Photovoltaic Performance ◽  
Terminal Group ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Conjugated Molecules

Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene (BDT) is an excellent building block for constructing π-conjugated molecules for the use in organic solar cells. In this paper, four 4,8-bis(5-alkyl-2-thienyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene (TBDT)-containing A–π–D–π–A-type small molecules (COOP-nHT-TBDT, n = 1, 2, 3, 4), having 2-cyano-3-octyloxy-3-oxo-1-propenyl (COOP) as terminal group and regioregular oligo(3-hexylthiophene) (nHT) as the π-conjugated bridge unit were synthesized. The optical and electrochemical properties of these compounds were systematically investigated. All these four compounds displayed broad absorption bands over 350–600 nm. The optical band gap becomes narrower (from 1.94 to 1.82 eV) and the HOMO energy levels increased (from −5.68 to −5.34 eV) with the increase of the length of the π-conjugated bridge. Organic solar cells using the synthesized compounds as the electron donor and PC61BM as the electron acceptor were fabricated and tested. Results showed that compounds with longer oligothiophene π-bridges have better power conversion efficiency and higher device stability. The device based on the quaterthiophene-bridged compound 4 gave a highest power conversion efficiency of 5.62% with a V OC of 0.93 V, J SC of 9.60 mA·cm−2, and a FF of 0.63.

scholarly journals Understanding the low voltage losses in high-performance non-fullerene acceptor-based organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Hofinger ◽  
Christoph Putz ◽  
Felix Mayr ◽  
Katarina Gugujonovic ◽  
Dominik Wielend ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Organic Photovoltaic

Despite the rapid increase in power conversion efficiency (PCE) of non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) based solar cells in recent years, organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices exhibit considerably larger voltage losses compared to...

scholarly journals Ligand-free rutile and anatase TiO2nanocrystals as electron extraction layers for high performance inverted polymer solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (33) ◽  
pp. 20084-20092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijie Zhu ◽  
Qipeng Lu ◽  
Longfeng Lv ◽  
Yue Wang ◽  
Yufeng Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Ligand Free ◽  
Inverted Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Electron Extraction

Ligand-free rutile and anatase TiO2nanocrystals were synthesizedviaa hydrolytic sol–gel method. The improved power conversion efficiency was achieved by using anatase TiO2nanocrystals as electron extraction layer in the organic solar cells.

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