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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Binary Organic Solar Cells Breaking 19% via Manipulating the Vertical Component Distribution

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(33)

Published: June 24, 2022

The variation of the vertical component distribution can significantly influence photovoltaic performance organic solar cells (OSCs), mainly due to its impact on exciton dissociation and charge-carrier transport recombination. Herein, binary devices are fabricated via sequential deposition (SD) D18 L8-BO materials in a two-step process. Upon independently regulating spin-coating speeds each layer deposition, optimal SD device shows record power conversion efficiency (PCE) 19.05% for single-junction OSCs, much higher than that corresponding blend casting (BC) (18.14%). Impressively, this strategy presents excellent universality boosting devices, exemplified by several nonfullerene acceptor systems. mechanism studies reveal with preferred components possesses high crystallinity, efficient splitting, low energy loss, balanced charge transport, resulting all-around enhancement performances. This work provides valuable approach high-efficiency shedding light understanding relationship between distribution.

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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Layer‐by‐Layer Processed Ternary Organic Photovoltaics with Efficiency over 18%

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 33(12)

Published: Feb. 18, 2021

Abstract Obtaining a finely tuned morphology of the active layer to facilitate both charge generation and extraction has long been goal in field organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Here, solution resolve above challenge via synergistically combining layer‐by‐layer (LbL) procedure ternary strategy is proposed demonstrated. By adding an asymmetric electron acceptor, BTP‐S2, with lower miscibility binary donor:acceptor host PM6:BO‐4Cl, vertical phase distribution can be formed donor‐enrichment at anode acceptor‐enrichment cathode OPV devices during LbL processing. In contrast, LbL‐type OPVs based on PM6:BO‐4Cl still show bulk‐heterojunction like morphology. The formation not only reduce recombination but also promote collection, thus enhancing photocurrent fill factor OPVs. Consequently, exhibit best efficiency 18.16% (certified: 17.8%), which among highest values reported date for work provides facile effective approach achieving high‐efficiency expected morphologies, demonstrates as being promising fabricating from present laboratory study future industrial production.

Language: Английский

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High Efficiency (15.8%) All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Regioregular Narrow Bandgap Polymer Acceptor

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 143(7), P. 2665 - 2670

Published: Feb. 10, 2021

Despite the significant progresses made in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) recently, relatively low short-circuit current density (Jsc) and large energy loss are still quite difficult to overcome for further development. To address these challenges, we developed a new class of narrow-bandgap polymer acceptors incorporating benzotriazole (BTz)-core fused-ring segment, named PZT series. Compared commonly used benzothiadiazole (BT)-containing PYT, less electron-deficient BTz renders derivatives with significantly red-shifted optical absorption up-shifted levels, leading simultaneously improved Jsc open-circuit voltage resultant all-PSCs. More importantly, regioregular (PZT-γ) has been achieve higher regiospecificity avoiding formation isomers during polymerization. Benefiting from more extended absorption, better backbone ordering, optimal blend morphology donor component, PZT-γ-based all-PSCs exhibit record-high power conversion efficiency 15.8% greatly enhanced 24.7 mA/cm2 0.51 eV.

Language: Английский

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Suppressed recombination loss in organic photovoltaics adopting a planar–mixed heterojunction architecture

Nature Energy, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 7(11), P. 1076 - 1086

Published: Nov. 14, 2022

Language: Английский

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Vertically optimized phase separation with improved exciton diffusion enables efficient organic solar cells with thick active layers

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: May 2, 2022

The development of organic solar cells (OSCs) with thick active layers is crucial importance for the roll-to-roll printing large-area panels. Unfortunately, increasing layer thickness usually results in a significant reduction efficiency. Herein, we fabricated efficient thick-film OSCs an consisting one polymer donor and two non-fullerene acceptors. acceptors were found to possess enlarged exciton diffusion length mixed phase, which beneficial generation dissociation. Additionally, by approach was employed optimize vertical phase separation. Benefiting from synergetic effects graded separation, efficiency 17.31% (certified value 16.9%) obtained 300 nm-thick OSC, short-circuit current density 28.36 mA cm-2, high fill factor 73.0%. Moreover, device 500 nm also shows 15.21%. This work provides valuable insights into fabrication layers.

Language: Английский

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Progress and prospects of the morphology of non-fullerene acceptor based high-efficiency organic solar cells

Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 14(8), P. 4341 - 4357

Published: Jan. 1, 2021

This review summarizes the important morphological characteristics and recent research progress of non-fullerene acceptor based organic solar cells, as well provides insights perspectives on this topic.

Language: Английский

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A Narrow‐Bandgap n‐Type Polymer with an Acceptor–Acceptor Backbone Enabling Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 32(43)

Published: Sept. 21, 2020

Narrow-bandgap polymer semiconductors are essential for advancing the development of organic solar cells. Here, a new narrow-bandgap acceptor L14, featuring an acceptor-acceptor (A-A) type backbone, is synthesized by copolymerizing dibrominated fused-ring electron (FREA) with distannylated bithiophene imide. Combining advantages both FREA and A-A polymer, L14 not only shows narrow bandgap high absorption coefficient, but also low-lying frontier molecular orbital (FMO) levels. Such FMO levels yield improved transfer character, unexpectedly, without sacrificing open-circuit voltage (Voc ), which attributed to small nonradiative recombination loss (Eloss,nr ) 0.22 eV. Benefiting from photocurrent along fill factor Voc , excellent efficiency 14.3% achieved, among highest values all-polymer cells (all-PSCs). The results demonstrate superiority polymers improving all-PSC performance pave way toward developing high-performance acceptors all-PSCs.

Language: Английский

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Fibrillization of Non‐Fullerene Acceptors Enables 19% Efficiency Pseudo‐Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 35(6)

Published: Nov. 24, 2022

The structural order and aggregation of non-fullerene acceptors (NFA) are critical toward light absorption, phase separation, charge transport properties their photovoltaic blends with electron donors, determine the power conversion efficiency (PCE) corresponding organic solar cells (OSCs). In this work, fibrillization small molecular NFA L8-BO assistance fused-ring solvent additive 1-fluoronaphthalene (FN) to substantially improve device PCE is demonstrated. Molecular dynamics simulations show that FN attaches backbone as bridge enhance intermolecular packing , inducing 1D self-assembly into fine fibrils a compact polycrystal structure. incorporated pseudo-bulk heterojunction (P-BHJ) active layer D18 donor, enhanced transport, collection properties, leading from 16.0% an unprecedented 19.0% in D18/L8-BO binary P-BHJ OSC, featuring high fill factor 80%. This work demonstrates strategy for fibrillating NFAs performance OSCs.

Language: Английский

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