Development of Active Materials and Interface Materials for High Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

Over the past few years, it has been proven that deepening the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) levels of conjugated polymers is one of the most successful strategies to develop novel materials for high performance bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells.

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High-efficiency photovoltaic cells with wide optical band gap polymers based on fluorinated phenylene-alkoxybenzothiadiazole

Energy & Environmental Science ◽

10.1039/c6ee03051c ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 1443-1455 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

Seo-Jin Ko ◽

Quoc Viet Hoang ◽

Chang Eun Song ◽

Mohammad Afsar Uddin ◽

Eunhee Lim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Band Gap ◽

High Performance ◽

Optical Band Gap ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Bulk Heterojunction ◽

Polymer Solar Cells ◽

Photovoltaic Cells ◽

Wide Band ◽

Wide Band Gap

A new series of wide band gap photovoltaic polymers based on a fluorinated phenylene-alkoxybenzothiadiazole unit with an optical band gap of over 1.90 eV are designed and utilized for high-performance single- and multi-junction bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells.

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High-performance solution-based CdS-conjugated hybrid polymer solar cells

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c8ra01813h ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (32) ◽

pp. 18051-18058 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

M. Imran ◽

M. Ikram ◽

A. Shahzadi ◽

S. Dilpazir ◽

H. Khan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quantum Dots ◽

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Bulk Heterojunction ◽

Polymer Solar Cells ◽

Hybrid Polymer ◽

Cds Quantum Dots

In this study, hybrid BHJ – bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells were fabricated by incorporating CdS quantum dots (QDs) in a blend of P3HT (donor) and PCBM (acceptor) using dichlorobenzene and chlorobenzene as solvents.

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High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

Green Energy and Technology - Low-cost Nanomaterials ◽

10.1007/978-1-4471-6473-9_7 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 167-187

Author(s):

Fang-Chung Chen ◽

Chun-Hsien Chou ◽

Ming-Kai Chuang

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Bulk Heterojunction ◽

Polymer Solar Cells

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Employing PCBTDPP as an Efficient Donor Polymer for High Performance Ternary Polymer Solar Cells

Polymers ◽

10.3390/polym11091423 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 1423 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Xu ◽

Saianand ◽

Roy ◽

Qiao ◽

Reza ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Bulk Heterojunction ◽

Polymer Solar Cells ◽

Power Conversion ◽

Acid Methyl Ester ◽

Acid Methyl ◽

Donor Acceptor ◽

Butyric Acid Methyl Ester ◽

Ternary Polymer

A compatible low-bandgap donor polymer (poly[N-90-heptadecanyl-2,7carbazole-alt-3,6-bis(thiophen-5-yl)-2,5-dioctyl-2,5-dihydropyrrolo [3,4] pyrrole-1,4-dione], PCBTDPP) was judicially introduced into the archetypal poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PC61BM) photoactive system to fabricate highly efficient ternary based bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells (PSCs). The PCBTDPP ternary-based PSC with optimal loading (0.2 wt.%) displayed outstanding performance with a champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.28% as compared to the PCE (4.67%) for P3HT:PC61BM-based PSC (reference). The improved PCE for PCBTDPP ternary-based PSC can be mainly attributed to the incorporation of PCBTDPP into P3HT:PC61BM that beneficially improved the optical, morphological, electronic, and photovoltaic (PV) performance. This work instills a rational strategy for identifying components (donor/acceptor (D/A) molecules) with complementary beneficial properties toward fabricating efficient ternary PSCs.

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