Low-Cost Materials for Organic Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuwen Zhao ◽  
Jixiang Zhou ◽  
Dan He ◽  
Chun-Ru Wang ◽  
Yuze Lin
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
The Past

Solution processible organic solar cells (OSCs) attract much attention as one of the most promising candidates for sustainable energetic techniques over the past two decades. So far, the power conversion...

Recent advances, challenges and prospects in ternary organic solar cells

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Congcong Zhao ◽  
Jiuxing Wang ◽  
Xuanyi Zhao ◽  
Zhonglin Du ◽  
Renqiang Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
The Past ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

The past decade has seen a tremendous development of organic solar cells (OSCs). To date, the high-performance OSCs have boosted the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 17%, showing bright prospects...

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...

A low boiling-point and low-cost fluorinated additive improves the efficiency and stability of organic solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (43) ◽  
pp. 15296-15302
Author(s):  
Shaman Li ◽  
Qing Ma ◽  
Shanshan Chen ◽  
Lei Meng ◽  
Jinyuan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Boiling Point ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Solvent Additive

Low boiling-point and low-cost 1,4-difluorobenzene was used as solvent additive to optimize the power conversion efficiency and stability of organic solar cells.

Fluorinated pyrazine-based D–A conjugated polymers for efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 7083-7089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Chen ◽  
Ruijie Ma ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
Zhenghui Luo ◽  
Xiaopeng Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
High Power ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

Over the past decade, fluorinated materials have become the dominant donors for achieving high power conversion efficiencies in organic solar cells (OSCs).

The Effect of Donor Molecular Structure on Power Conversion Efficiency of Small-Molecule-Based Organic Solar Cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Yibing Ma ◽  
Youyi Sun ◽  
Jialei Liu ◽  
Yaqing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Molecular Design ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
The Relationship

In this review, small-molecule donors for application in organic solar cells reported in the last three years are highlighted. Especially, the effect of donor molecular structure on power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells is reported in detail. Furthermore, the mechanism is proposed and discussed for explaining the relationship between structure and power conversion efficiency. These results and discussions draw some rules for rational donor molecular design, which is very important for further improving the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells based on the small-molecule donor.

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.

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...

scholarly journals Digital printing of a novel electrode for stable flexible organic solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 8.5%

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wageh ◽  
Mahfoudh Raïssi ◽  
Thomas Berthelot ◽  
Matthieu Laurent ◽  
Didier Rousseau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Electron Transport Layer ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Transparent Conducting

AbstractPoly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) mixed with single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs) (10:1) and doped with (0.1 M) perchloric acid (HClO4) in a solution-processed film, working as an excellent thin transparent conducting film (TCF) in organic solar cells, was investigated. This new electrode structure can be an outstanding substitute for conventional indium tin oxide (ITO) for applications in flexible solar cells due to the potential of attaining high transparency with enhanced conductivity, good flexibility, and good durability via a low-cost process over a large area. In addition, solution-processed vanadium oxide (VOx) doped with a small amount of PEDOT-PSS(PH1000) can be applied as a hole transport layer (HTL) for achieving high efficiency and stability. From these viewpoints, we investigate the benefit of using printed SWNTs-PEDOT-PSS doped with HClO4 as a transparent conducting electrode in a flexible organic solar cell. Additionally, we applied a VOx-PEDOT-PSS thin film as a hole transporting layer and a blend of PTB7 (polythieno[3,4-b] thiophene/benzodithiophene): PC71BM (phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester) as an active layer in devices. Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were applied as an electron transport layer and Ag was used as the top electrode. The proposed solar cell structure showed an enhancement in short-circuit current, power conversion efficiency, and stability relative to a conventional cell based on ITO. This result suggests a great carrier injection throughout the interfacial layer, high conductivity and transparency, as well as firm adherence for the new electrode.

Organic cathode interfacial materials for non-fullerene organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minkyu Kyeong ◽  
Jinho Lee ◽  
Matyas Daboczi ◽  
Katherine Stewart ◽  
Huifeng Yao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
High Power ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
High Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Amine Groups

Functionalized polyethyleneimines that are compatible with non-fullerene acceptors have been developed by protecting the reactive amine groups, leading to non-fullerene solar cells with high power conversion efficiency and enhanced thermal stability.

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