2D Side‐Chain Engineered Asymmetric Acceptors Enabling Over 14% Efficiency and 75% Fill Factor Stable Organic Solar Cells
About: This article is published in Advanced Functional Materials.The article was published on 2020-12-01. It has received 38 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Organic solar cell & Side chain.
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TL;DR: In this paper , a record power conversion efficiency of over 19% was achieved in planar-mixed heterojunction (PMHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs) by adopting the asymmetric selenium substitution strategy in making a pseudosymmetric electron acceptor, BS3TSe•4F.
Abstract: A record power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 19% is realized in planar‐mixed heterojunction (PMHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs) by adopting the asymmetric selenium substitution strategy in making a pseudosymmetric electron acceptor, BS3TSe‐4F. The combined molecular asymmetry with more polarizable selenium substitution increases the dielectric constant of the D18/BS3TSe‐4F blend, helping lower the exciton binding energy. On the other hand, dimer packing in BS3TSe‐4F is facilitated to enable free charge generation, helping more efficient exciton dissociation and lowering the radiative recombination loss (ΔE2) of OSCs. As a result, PMHJ OSCs based on D18/BS3TSe‐4F achieve a PCE of 18.48%. By incorporating another mid‐bandgap acceptor Y6‐O into D18/BS3TSe‐4F to form a ternary PMHJ, a higher open‐circuit voltage (VOC) can be achieved to realize an impressive PCE of 19.03%. The findings of using pseudosymmetric electron acceptors in enhancing device efficiency provides an effective way to develop highly efficient acceptor materials for OSCs.
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TL;DR: Tailoring of the chemical structure is an effective method to tune the aggregation and optoelectronic properties of organic photovoltaic materials to boost the performance of organic solar cells.
Abstract: Tailoring of the chemical structure is an effective method to tune the aggregation and optoelectronic properties of organic photovoltaic materials to boost the performance of organic solar cells (O...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conduct a systematic structure-property correlation study on three DTP-based unfused acceptors for organic solar cells (OSCs) and demonstrate strong near-infrared absorption with narrow optical band gap.
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TL;DR: In this article, a systematic discussion on degradation mechanisms of non-fullerene acceptors of organic solar cells (OSCs) is presented, in which the authors focused on the fundamentals of instability in NFA-OSCs, including photo-oxidation, morphology instability, and interlayer induced instability.
Abstract: Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) have been widely developed to improve the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells (OSCs) The highest PCE has reached over 18% in binary bulk heterojunction (BHJ) NFA-OSCs, approaching the threshold for commercial applications, while the most stable NFA-OSCs have been inferred with a potential lifetime of 22 years The instability of NFA-OSCs has not been paid enough attention and becomes one of the major barriers to their commercialization Herein, we present a systematic discussion on degradation mechanisms of NFA-OSCs, in which we focused on the fundamentals of instability in NFA-OSCs, including photo-oxidation, morphology instability, and interlayer induced instability Meanwhile, the recent progress and promising strategies to improve the stability of NFA-OSCs are presented in the themes of their molecular design, a third component in the blend film and passivation of the interlayer We believe that a study on their stability should be the next focus in the field of NFA-OSCs
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TL;DR: This review gives a general introduction to the materials, production techniques, working principles, critical parameters, and stability of the organic solar cells, and discusses the alternative approaches such as polymer/polymer solar cells and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells.
Abstract: The need to develop inexpensive renewable energy sources stimulates scientific research for efficient, low-cost photovoltaic devices.1 The organic, polymer-based photovoltaic elements have introduced at least the potential of obtaining cheap and easy methods to produce energy from light.2 The possibility of chemically manipulating the material properties of polymers (plastics) combined with a variety of easy and cheap processing techniques has made polymer-based materials present in almost every aspect of modern society.3 Organic semiconductors have several advantages: (a) lowcost synthesis, and (b) easy manufacture of thin film devices by vacuum evaporation/sublimation or solution cast or printing technologies. Furthermore, organic semiconductor thin films may show high absorption coefficients4 exceeding 105 cm-1, which makes them good chromophores for optoelectronic applications. The electronic band gap of organic semiconductors can be engineered by chemical synthesis for simple color changing of light emitting diodes (LEDs).5 Charge carrier mobilities as high as 10 cm2/V‚s6 made them competitive with amorphous silicon.7 This review is organized as follows. In the first part, we will give a general introduction to the materials, production techniques, working principles, critical parameters, and stability of the organic solar cells. In the second part, we will focus on conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells, mainly on polyphenylenevinylene (PPV) derivatives/(1-(3-methoxycarbonyl) propyl-1-phenyl[6,6]C61) (PCBM) fullerene derivatives and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)/PCBM systems. In the third part, we will discuss the alternative approaches such as polymer/polymer solar cells and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells. In the fourth part, we will suggest possible routes for further improvements and finish with some conclusions. The different papers mentioned in the text have been chosen for didactical purposes and cannot reflect the chronology of the research field nor have a claim of completeness. The further interested reader is referred to the vast amount of quality papers published in this field during the past decade.
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TL;DR: In this article, a semi-empirical model analysis and using the tandem cell strategy to overcome the low charge mobility of organic materials, leading to a limit on the active-layer thickness and efficient light absorption was performed.
Abstract: Although organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells have many advantages, their performance still lags far behind that of other photovoltaic platforms. A fundamental reason for their low performance is the low charge mobility of organic materials, leading to a limit on the active-layer thickness and efficient light absorption. In this work, guided by a semi-empirical model analysis and using the tandem cell strategy to overcome such issues, and taking advantage of the high diversity and easily tunable band structure of organic materials, a record and certified 17.29% power conversion efficiency for a two-terminal monolithic solution-processed tandem OPV is achieved.
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TL;DR: Non-fullerene OSCs show great tunability in absorption spectra and electron energy levels, providing a wide range of new opportunities, and this Review highlights these opportunities made possible by NF acceptors.
Abstract: Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been dominated by donor:acceptor blends based on fullerene acceptors for over two decades. This situation has changed recently, with non-fullerene (NF) OSCs developing very quickly. The power conversion efficiencies of NF OSCs have now reached a value of over 13%, which is higher than the best fullerene-based OSCs. NF acceptors show great tunability in absorption spectra and electron energy levels, providing a wide range of new opportunities. The coexistence of low voltage losses and high current generation indicates that new regimes of device physics and photophysics are reached in these systems. This Review highlights these opportunities made possible by NF acceptors, and also discuss the challenges facing the development of NF OSCs for practical applications.
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