scholarly journals Charge transfer characteristics of fullerene-free polymer solar cells via multi-state electronic coupling treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 4137-4157
Author(s):  
Tuuva Kastinen ◽  
Terttu I. Hukka

Dispersion-corrected optimally tuned long-range corrected functional provides constant electronic couplings for non-fullerene polymer solar cell systems regardless of the number of the excited states included in the calculations.

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (92) ◽  
pp. 50988-50992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yuan ◽  
Dong Yang ◽  
Xiaoguang Zhu ◽  
Lingyu Zhou ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
...  

The power conversion efficiency of a PTB7:PC71BM polymer solar cell was improved up to 9.1% by a combination of methanol treatment followed by conjugation of a water- or alcohol-soluble polyelectrolyte thin layer.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (63) ◽  
pp. 38344-38350
Author(s):  
Kai Wang ◽  
Sheng Dong ◽  
Xudong Chen ◽  
Ping Zhou ◽  
Kai Zhang ◽  
...  

Ternary all-polymer solar cells are fabricated using an N2200 acceptor and two donor polymers (PF2 and PM2) with complementary absorption.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 1626-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Keshtov ◽  
S. A. Kuklin ◽  
A. R. Khokhlov ◽  
I. O. Konstantinov ◽  
N. V. Nekrasova ◽  
...  

The increase in the fluorine atoms in the copolymer improves the power conversion efficiency of the polymer solar cell.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 8389-8400 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Keshtov ◽  
S. A. Kuklin ◽  
N. A. Radychev ◽  
A. Y. Nikolaev ◽  
I. E. Ostapov ◽  
...  

Two ultra low bandgap (Eg ≤ 1.2 eV) D–A copolymers, with UV to near-IR absorption, are synthesized and used as donors for polymer solar cells, obtaining PCEs of 7.27% and 6.68%.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (40) ◽  
pp. 12641-12649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Li ◽  
Qilin Zhang ◽  
Gaole Dai ◽  
Hua Fan ◽  
Xin Yuan ◽  
...  

We performed side-chain fluorination and alkylthio substituent in a template conjugated polymer and further investigate their impact on polymer–polymer solar cell performance.


Author(s):  
Gavin Buxton

Polymer solar cells are attracting attention as inexpensive versatile devices for generating electricity from sunlight. However, relatively low efficiencies are currently hindering their widespread application. The typically low efficiencies arise because of the complex physics within these devices. In particular, photons must first be absorbed to create a mobile excited state, or exciton. Then this exciton must dissociate into free charge at the interface between an acceptor and a donor polymer, and finally, the free charge must traverse the polymer solar cell to the correct electrodes. Mathematical and computer models play an important role in understanding the physics of these devices and ultimately allow us to tailor the internal structure and material properties to optimize device performance. A brief review of polymer solar cells is presented, with particular emphasis on their nanoscale architecture, before the chapter turns its attention to the simulations and models that can predict their behavior.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (22) ◽  
pp. 6472-6479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jhong-Sian Wu ◽  
Jyun-Fong Jheng ◽  
Jen-Yun Chang ◽  
Yu-Ying Lai ◽  
Kuan-Yi Wu ◽  
...  

A superior PCE of 7.34% was delivered in the inverted P(FBT-alt-Se2Th2) : PC71BM polymer solar cells.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomokazu Umeyama ◽  
Tetsushi Miyata ◽  
Andreas C. Jakowetz ◽  
Sho Shibata ◽  
Kei Kurotobi ◽  
...  

Regioisomer separations of [70]fullerene mono-adducts for polymer solar cell (PSC) applications were conducted for the first time.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (37) ◽  
pp. 21280-21289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Geun Park ◽  
Su Hong Park ◽  
Youngseo Kim ◽  
Thanh Luan Nguyen ◽  
Han Young Woo ◽  
...  

A single component polymer solar cell with a CDABP film annealed at 180 °C showed a maximum power conversion efficiency of 5.28%, which is much higher than that (2.62%) of the device with the as-cast film.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (43) ◽  
pp. 7594-7602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Xiao ◽  
Guodong Ding ◽  
Zhan'ao Tan ◽  
Erjun Zhou

Two cyclopentadithiophene (CPDT)-based n-type copolymers, PCPDT-NDI and PCPDT-PDI, were synthesized and used in all-polymer solar cells with PCE of 1.12% and 2.13%, respectively.


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