Ternary Organic Solar Cells: A Review of The Role of the Third Element☆

Nano Energy ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 106915
Author(s):  
Nutifafa Y. Doumon ◽  
Lili Yang ◽  
Federico Rosei
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
The Third

scholarly journals The role of the third component in ternary organic solar cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Gasparini ◽  
Alberto Salleo ◽  
Iain McCulloch ◽  
Derya Baran
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
The Third

scholarly journals The Effects of Molecular Packing Behavior of Small-Molecule Acceptors in Ternary Organic Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 755
Author(s):  
Eunhee Lim
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Ternary System ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Orbital Energy ◽  
Working Mechanism ◽  
Energy Level Structure ◽  
The Third ◽  
Molecular Backbone

Herein, two diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based, small-molecule isomers, o- and p-DPP-PhCN, were introduced as acceptors in ternary organic solar cells (OSCs). The isomers have the same molecular backbone but differ in the positions of the cyanide (CN) substituents (ortho and para), which greatly affects their packing behavior. Ternary solar cells composed of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):DPP-PhCN:phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) were fabricated, and the effects of the different packing behaviors of the third component on the device performance and the working mechanism of the ternary cells were investigated. The addition of o-DPP-PhCN with a relatively high-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level resulted in an increase in the open-circuit voltage (VOC) in the ternary devices, demonstrating the alloy-like structure of the two acceptors (o-DPP-PhCN and PCBM) in the ternary system. However, the p-DPP-PhCN-based ternary cells exhibited VOC values similar to that of a P3HT:PCBM binary cell, irrespective of the addition of p-DPP-PhCN, indicating a cascade energy-level structure in the ternary system and an effective charge transfer from the P3HT to the PCBM. Importantly, by increasing the addition of p-DPP-PhCN, the short-circuit current density increased substantially, resulting in pronounced shoulder peaks in the external quantum efficiency responses in the long-wavelength region, corresponding to the contribution of the photocurrent generated by the light absorption of p-DPP-PhCN. Despite sharing the same molecular backbone, the two DPP-PhCNs exhibited substantially different packing behaviors according to the position of their CN substituents, which also greatly affected the working mechanism of the ternary devices fabricated using the DPP-PhCNs as the third component.

Revealing the role of solvent additives on morphology and energy loss in benzodifuran polymer based non-fullerene organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Zheng ◽  
Enfang He ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
Zhaotong Qin ◽  
Tianqi Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Solvent Additive ◽  
Role Of Solvent

Solvent additive (SA) treatment is the most effective strategy to obtain highly efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells (NF-OSCs). However, NF-OSCs with SA treatment usually exhibits different or even opposite effect...

scholarly journals Emphasizing the Operational Role of a Novel Graphene-Based Ink into High Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cells

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minas M. Stylianakis ◽  
Dimitriοs M. Kosmidis ◽  
Katerina Anagnostou ◽  
Christos Polyzoidis ◽  
Miron Krassas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Fullerene Derivative ◽  
Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital ◽  
Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital ◽  
Synthetic Routes

A novel solution-processed graphene-based material was synthesized by treating graphene oxide (GO) with 2,5,7-trinitro-9-oxo-fluorenone-4-carboxylic acid (TNF-COOH) moieties, via simple synthetic routes. The yielded molecule N-[(carbamoyl-GO)ethyl]-N’-[(carbamoyl)-(2,5,7-trinitro-9-oxo-fluorene)] (GO-TNF) was thoroughly characterized and it was shown that it presents favorable highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels to function as a bridge component between the polymeric donor poly({4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl}{3-fluoro-2-[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl] thieno[3,4-b]thiophenediyl}) (PTB7) and the fullerene derivative acceptor [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric-acid-methylester (PC71BM). In this context, a GO-TNF based ink was prepared and directly incorporated within the binary photoactive layer, in different volume ratios (1-3% ratio to the blend), for the effective realization of inverted ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) of the structure ITO/PFN/PTB7:GO-TNF:PC71BM/MoO3/Al. The addition of 2% v/v GO-TNF ink led to a champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.71% that was enhanced by ~13% as compared to the reference cell.

Role of geminate polaron-pair recombination on magnetoconductance in P3HT and PC71BM bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 384-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se Jin Lee ◽  
Sang Bong Lee ◽  
Sung Cheol Yoon ◽  
Eun Young Choi ◽  
Choon Sup Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction

Improved mechanical adhesion and electronic stability of organic solar cells with thermal ageing: the role of diffusion at the hole extraction interface

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 2911-2919 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Greenbank ◽  
N. Rolston ◽  
E. Destouesse ◽  
G. Wantz ◽  
L. Hirsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Thermal Ageing ◽  
Organic Photovoltaic ◽  
Mechanical Adhesion ◽  
Photovoltaic Solar Cells

Organic photovoltaic solar cells are a promising option for cheap, renewable energy, but must improve in their stability.

scholarly journals The role of dipole moment in two fused-ring electron acceptor and one polymer donor based ternary organic solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1507-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xunfan Liao ◽  
Yongjie Cui ◽  
Xueliang Shi ◽  
Zhaoyang Yao ◽  
Heng Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Dipole Moment ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Working Mechanism ◽  
Fused Ring

The dipole moment of FREAs’ terminals has been unveiled as an important factor and its working mechanism has been thoroughly investigated. Our results demonstrate that the dipole moment should also be taken into account in designing ternary OSCs.

Critical Role of Vertical Phase Separation in Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 12913-12920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Fang ◽  
Dan Deng ◽  
Zaiyu Wang ◽  
Muhammad Abdullah Adil ◽  
Tong Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Phase Separation ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Critical Role

scholarly journals The role of connectivity in significant bandgap narrowing for fused-pyrene based non-fullerene acceptors toward high-efficiency organic solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5995-6003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shungang Liu ◽  
Wenyan Su ◽  
Xianshao Zou ◽  
Xiaoyan Du ◽  
Jiamin Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Structural Isomer ◽  
Bandgap Narrowing ◽  
Higher Power

Isomers of non-fullerene acceptors with pyrene as cores but fused at different positions were studied. FPIC6 possessed ∼119 nm of red-shift absorption and much higher power conversion efficiency of 11.55% as compared to its structural isomer FPIC5.

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