High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cell Enabled by a Thick Active Layer Containing a Liquid Crystalline Small Molecule Donor

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 2387-2395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guichuan Zhang ◽  
Kai Zhang ◽  
Qingwu Yin ◽  
Xiao-Fang Jiang ◽  
Zaiyu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Liquid Crystalline

A high-performance photovoltaic small molecule developed by modifying the chemical structure and optimizing the morphology of the active layer

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (60) ◽  
pp. 31977-31980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Ni ◽  
Miaomiao Li ◽  
Xiangjian Wan ◽  
Huanran Feng ◽  
Bin Kan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Chemical Structure

High performance organic solar cell (8.26% PCE) developed through modifying the chemical structure of molecule and optimizing the morphology of active layer.

A high-performance solution-processed small molecule: alkylselenophene-substituted benzodithiophene organic solar cell

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (25) ◽  
pp. 4937-4946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Jin Kim ◽  
Jang Yeol Baek ◽  
Jong-jin Ha ◽  
Dae Sung Chung ◽  
Soon-Ki Kwon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Strong Light ◽  
Homo Level ◽  
Photovoltaic Characteristics

A novel small molecule with alkylselenophene-substituted benzodithiophene unit,BDTSe-TTPD, showed strong light absorption, low HOMO level and photovoltaic characteristics with power conversion efficiency as high as 4.37%.

scholarly journals A solution-processed high performance organic solar cell using a small molecule with the thieno[3,2-b]thiophene central unit

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (83) ◽  
pp. 15268-15271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Yunchuang Wang ◽  
Bin Kan ◽  
Xiangjian Wan ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Central Unit ◽  
Solution Processed

Replacing the double thiophene unit of DRCN8T with thieno[3,2-b]thiophene, DRCN8TT a high efficiency of 8.11% was achieved, benefiting from the more preferred morphology.

High-performance ternary organic solar cells with thick active layer exceeding 11% efficiency

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 885-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Gasparini ◽  
Luca Lucera ◽  
Michael Salvador ◽  
Mario Prosa ◽  
George D. Spyropoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Charge Carrier ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Carrier Recombination ◽  
Charge Carrier Recombination

We present a novel ternary organic solar cell with an uncommonly thick active layer (∼300 nm), featuring thickness invariant charge carrier recombination and delivering 11% power conversion efficiency (PCE).

A high performance inverted organic solar cell with a low band gap small molecule (p-DTS(FBTTh2)2) using a fullerene derivative-doped zinc oxide nano-film modified with a fullerene-based self-assembled monolayer as the cathode

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (45) ◽  
pp. 22599-22604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sih-Hao Liao ◽  
Hong-Jyun Jhuo ◽  
Yu-Shan Cheng ◽  
Vinay Gupta ◽  
Show-An Chen
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Fullerene Derivative ◽  
Self Assembled Monolayer ◽  
Low Band Gap ◽  
Self Assembled

A device with a ZnO–C60 nanofilm and NPC70-OH as a SAM gives a PCE of up to 9.14%.

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