Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics

Chemical Reviews, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 122(18), P. 14180 - 14274

Published: Aug. 5, 2022

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive materials development: (i) use poly(3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors (FAs) for optimizing bulk heterojunctions; (ii) development new donors to better match with FAs; (iii) non-fullerene (NFAs). The application NFAs an A–D–A configuration (where A = acceptor D donor) has enabled devices efficient charge generation small energy losses (Eloss < 0.6 eV), resulting in substantially higher power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) than FA-based devices. discovery Y6-type (Y6 2,2′-((2Z,2′Z)-((12,13-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,9-diundecyl-12,13-dihydro-[1,2,5]-thiadiazolo[3,4-e]-thieno[2″,3″:4′,5′]thieno-[2′,3′:4,5]pyrrolo-[3,2-g]thieno-[2′,3′:4,5]thieno-[3,2-b]indole-2,10-diyl)bis(methanylylidene))bis(5,6-difluoro-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-2,1-diylidene))dimalononitrile) A–DA′ D–A further propelled the PCEs go beyond 15% due smaller Eloss values (∼0.5 eV) external quantum efficiencies. Subsequently, Y6-series single-junction increased >19% may soon approach 20%. This review provides update recent progress OPV following aspects: developments novel donors, understanding structure–property relationships underlying mechanisms state-of-the-art OPVs, tasks underpinning commercialization such as device stability, module development, potential applications, high-throughput manufacturing. Finally, outlook prospects section summarizes remaining challenges technology.

Language: Английский

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Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells with 19.17% Efficiency Enabled by Introducing One Asymmetric Guest Acceptor

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(26)

Published: April 19, 2022

The ternary strategy has been widely identified as an effective approach to obtain high-efficiency organic solar cells (OSCs). However, for most OSCs, the nonradiative voltage loss lies between those of two binary devices, which limits further efficiency improvements. Herein, asymmetric guest acceptor BTP-2F2Cl is designed and incorporated into a PM1:L8-BO host blend. Compared with L8-BO neat film, L8-BO:BTP-2F2Cl blend film shows higher photoluminescence quantum yield larger exciton diffusion length. Introducing extends its absorption spectrum, improves molecular packing materials, suppresses charge recombination OSCs. Consequently, power conversion improved up 19.17% (certified value 18.7%), represents highest reported single-junction OSCs so far. results show that improving behaviors promising reducing realizing high-performance

Language: Английский

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Achieving 19% Power Conversion Efficiency in Planar‐Mixed Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Using a Pseudosymmetric Electron Acceptor

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(32)

Published: June 20, 2022

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 making a pseudosymmetric electron acceptor, BS3TSe-4F. The combined molecular asymmetry with more polarizable increases dielectric constant D18/BS3TSe-4F blend, helping lower exciton binding energy. On other hand, dimer packing BS3TSe-4F facilitated to enable free charge generation, efficient dissociation and lowering radiative recombination loss (ΔE2 ) OSCs. As result, PMHJ OSCs based on achieve PCE 18.48%. By incorporating another mid-bandgap acceptor Y6-O into form ternary PMHJ, higher open-circuit voltage (VOC can be achieved realize an impressive 19.03%. findings using acceptors enhancing device provides effective way develop highly materials for

Language: Английский

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Desired open-circuit voltage increase enables efficiencies approaching 19% in symmetric-asymmetric molecule ternary organic photovoltaics

Joule, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 662 - 675

Published: Feb. 25, 2022

Language: Английский

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Organic solar cells using oligomer acceptors for improved stability and efficiency

Nature Energy, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 7(12), P. 1180 - 1190

Published: Nov. 10, 2022

Language: Английский

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Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part II device engineering)

Science China Chemistry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 65(8), P. 1457 - 1497

Published: May 26, 2022

Language: Английский

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A New Polymer Donor Enables Binary All‐Polymer Organic Photovoltaic Cells with 18% Efficiency and Excellent Mechanical Robustness

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(35)

Published: July 15, 2022

The development of polymerized small-molecule acceptors has boosted the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) all-polymer organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells to 17%. However, polymer donors suitable for OPV are still lacking, restricting further improvement their PCEs. Herein, a new donor named PQM-Cl is designed and its performance explored. negative electrostatic potential low average local ionization energy distribution surface enable efficient charge generation transfer process. When blending with well-used acceptor, PY-IT, PQM-Cl-based devices deliver an impressive PCE 18.0% superior fill factor 80.7%, both which highest values cells. relevant measurements demonstrate that films possess excellent mechanical flexible properties. As such, fabricated 16.5% high stability displayed. These results candidate provide insights into design high-efficient

Language: Английский

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A Vinylene‐Linker‐Based Polymer Acceptor Featuring a Coplanar and Rigid Molecular Conformation Enables High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells with Over 17% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(27)

Published: March 22, 2022

State-of-art Y-series polymer acceptors are typically based on a mono-thiophene linker, which can cause some twisted molecular conformations and thus limit the performance of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). Here, high-performance acceptor vinylene linkers is reported, leads to surprising changes in polymers' conformations, optoelectronic properties, enhanced photovoltaic performance. It found that thiophene or bithiophene (PY-T-γ PY-2T-γ) display significant twisting between end-groups linker units, while vinylene-based (PY-V-γ) exhibits more coplanar rigid conformation. As result, PY-V-γ demonstrates better conjugation tighter interchain stacking, results higher mobility reduced energetic disorder. Furthermore, detailed morphology investigations reveal PY-V-γ-based blend high domain purity fill factor its all-PSCs. With these, efficiency 17.1% achieved all-PSCs, highest reported for binary all-PSCs date. This work vinylene-linker superior unit build with chain conformation, beneficial aggregation efficient

Language: Английский

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Ternary Blend Organic Solar Cells: Understanding the Morphology from Recent Progress

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 34(46)

Published: Nov. 19, 2021

Ternary blend organic solar cells (TB-OSCs) incorporating multiple donor and/or acceptor materials into the active layer have emerged as a promising strategy to simultaneously improve overall device parameters for realizing higher performances than binary devices. Whereas introducing also results in more complicated morphology their counterparts. Understanding is crucially important further improving performance of TB-OSC. This review introduces solubility and miscibility that affect ternary blends. Then, this summarizes recent processes study on blends from aspects molecular crystallinity, packing orientation, domain size purity, directly observation morphology, vertical phase separation well morphological stability. Finally, summary prospects TB-OSCs are concluded.

Language: Английский

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Manipulating Charge Transfer and Transport via Intermediary Electron Acceptor Channels Enables 19.3% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12(39)

Published: Aug. 21, 2022

Abstract Balancing and improving the open‐circuit voltage ( V oc ) short‐circuit current density J sc synergistically has always been critical point for organic photovoltaics (OPVs) to achieve high efficiencies. Here, this work adopts a ternary strategy regulate trade‐off between by combining symmetric‐asymmetric non‐fullerene acceptors that differ at terminals alkyl side chains build OPV (TOPV). It is noticed reduced energy disorder enhanced luminescence efficiency of TOPV enable mitigated loss higher . Meanwhile, third component, which distributed host donor–acceptor interface, acts as charge transport channel. The prolonged exciton lifetime, boosted mobility, depressed recombination promote obtain an improved Finally, with , delivers optimal 19.26% (certified 19.12%), representing one highest values reported so far.

Language: Английский

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