scholarly journals Improving Polymer Based Photovoltaic Devices by Reducing the Voltage Loss at the Donor-Acceptor Interface

2006 ◽  
Vol 974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Date J. D. Moet ◽  
Lenneke H. Slooff ◽  
Jan M. Kroon ◽  
Svetlana S. Chevtchenko ◽  
Joachim Loos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Fullerene Derivative ◽  
Photovoltaic Devices ◽  
Alternating Copolymer ◽  
Voltage Loss ◽  
Donor Acceptor

ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the characterization and optimization of organic solar cells based on a bulk heterojunction consisting of an alternating copolymer, containing a fluorene and a benzathiadiazole unit with two neighboring thiophene rings, and a fullerene derivative (PCBM). The resulting power conversion efficiency amounts 3.9±0.2 % (AM1.5, 100 mW/cm2) and these polymer solar cells are therefore considered auspicious for further research.

scholarly journals Fullerene derivative induced morphology of bulk heterojunction blends: PIPCP:PC61BM

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 4106-4112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzu-Yen Huang ◽  
Hongping Yan ◽  
Maged Abdelsamie ◽  
Victoria Savikhin ◽  
Sebastian A. Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Degree Of Crystallinity ◽  
Fullerene Derivative ◽  
Bulk Heterojunctions ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Acceptor Phase

The performance of organic solar cells depends on the morphology in bulk heterojunctions, including the polymer degree of crystallinity and the amount of each phase: aggregated donor, aggregated acceptor and molecularly mixed donor : acceptor phase.

Substituent effects in magnesium tetraethynylporphyrin with two diketopyrrolopyrrole units for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (44) ◽  
pp. 23067-23077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Ogumi ◽  
Takafumi Nakagawa ◽  
Hiroshi Okada ◽  
Ryohei Sakai ◽  
Huan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Open Circuit Voltage ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Donor Acceptor

Acceptor–donor–acceptor conjugated magnesium porphyrins showed a power conversion efficiency of 5.73%, high open-circuit voltage of 0.79 V, or an extended incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency spectrum to 1100 nm, depending on the substituents.

scholarly journals Increasing donor-acceptor spacing for reduced voltage loss in organic solar cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Xudong Jiang ◽  
Hongbo Wu ◽  
Guitao Feng ◽  
Hanyu Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Radiative Decay ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Voltage Loss ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
New Research

AbstractThe high voltage losses ($${V}_{{loss}}$$ V l o s s ), originating from inevitable electron-phonon coupling in organic materials, limit the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells to lower values than that of inorganic or perovskite solar cells. In this work, we demonstrate that this $${V}_{{loss}}$$ V l o s s can in fact be suppressed by controlling the spacing between the donor (D) and the acceptor (A) materials (DA spacing). We show that in typical organic solar cells, the DA spacing is generally too small, being the origin of the too-fast non-radiative decay of charge carriers ($${k}_{{nr}}$$ k n r ), and it can be increased by engineering the non-conjugated groups, i.e., alkyl chain spacers in single component DA systems and side chains in high-efficiency bulk-heterojunction systems. Increasing DA spacing allows us to realize significantly reduced $${k}_{{nr}}$$ k n r and improved device voltage. This points out a new research direction for breaking the performance bottleneck of organic solar cells.

Correlation between blend morphology and recombination dynamics in additive-added P3HT:PCBM solar cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (39) ◽  
pp. 26111-26120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankur Solanki ◽  
Bo Wu ◽  
Teddy Salim ◽  
Yeng Ming Lam ◽  
Tze Chien Sum
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Boiling Point ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Blend Morphology ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
High Boiling Point ◽  
Viable Approach ◽  
Recombination Dynamics

The addition of a small amount of high boiling point solvent in organic donor/acceptor blends to control their morphology is one viable approach to enhance the power conversion efficiency of thermal-annealing free bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells.

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

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu ◽  
Saianand ◽  
Roy ◽  
Qiao ◽  
Reza ◽  
...  
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.

Pyridine-functionalized fullerene additive enabling coordination interactions with CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite towards highly efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2754-2763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jieming Zhen ◽  
Weiran Zhou ◽  
Muqing Chen ◽  
Bairu Li ◽  
Lingbo Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Fullerene Derivative ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Highly Efficient

A novel pyridine-functionalized fullerene derivative (C60-PyP) as an additive in regular bulk heterojunction perovskite (CH3NH3Pbl3) solar cells (PSCs) enables a power conversion efficiency of 19.82% with markedly suppressed hysteresis.

scholarly journals Development of polymer–fullerene solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengling Zhang ◽  
Olle Inganäs ◽  
Yinhua Zhou ◽  
Koen Vandewal
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Free Charge Carrier ◽  
Interfacial Layers ◽  
New Device ◽  
Device Structures ◽  
Photoactive Materials ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

Abstract Global efforts and synergetic interdisciplinary collaborations on solution-processed bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells (PSCs or OPVs) made power conversion efficiencies over 10% possible. The rapid progress of the field is credited to the synthesis of a large number of novel polymers with specially tunable optoelectronic properties, a better control over the nano-morphology of photoactive blend layers, the introduction of various effective interfacial layers, new device architectures and a deeper understanding of device physics. We will review the pioneering materials for polymer–fullerene solar cells and trace the progress of concepts driving their development. We discuss the evolution of morphology control, interfacial layers and device structures fully exploring the potential of photoactive materials. In order to guide a further increase in power conversion efficiency of OPV, the current understanding of the process of free charge carrier generation and the origin of the photovoltage is summarized followed by a perspective on how to overcome the limitations for industrializing PSCs.

Incorporating Semiflexible Linkers into Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers via Click Reaction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaofan Yang ◽  
Shijie Liang ◽  
Baiqiao Liu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Click Reaction ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Single Component ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Excellent Stability

Single-component organic solar cells (SCOSCs) have been recognized as the promising photovoltaic technology due to the excellent stability, but their power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) are far lagging their bulk-heterojunction counterparts....

scholarly journals Planar D-π-A Configured Dimethoxy Vinylbenzene Based Small Organic Molecule for Solution-Processed Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 5743
Author(s):  
Shabaz Alam ◽  
M. Shaheer Akhtar ◽  
Abdullah ◽  
Eun-Bi Kim ◽  
Hyung-Shik Shin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Molecule ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Small Organic Molecule ◽  
Donor Material

A new and effective planar D-π-A configured small organic molecule (SOM) of 2-5-(3,5-dimethoxystyryl)thiophen-2-yl)methylene)-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione, abbreviated as DVB-T-ID, was synthesized using 1,3-indanedione acceptor and dimethoxy vinylbenzene donor units, connected through a thiophene π-spacer. The presence of a dimethoxy vinylbenzene unit and π-spacer in DVB-T-ID significantly improved the absorption behavior by displaying maximum absorbance at ~515 nm, and the reasonable band gap was estimated as ~2.06 eV. The electronic properties revealed that DVB-T-ID SOMs exhibited promising HOMO (−5.32 eV) and LUMO (−3.26 eV). The synthesized DVB-T-ID SOM was utilized as donor material for fabricating solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (BHJ-OSCs) and showed a reasonable power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ~3.1% with DVB-T-ID:PC61BM (1:2, w/w) active layer. The outcome of this work clearly reflects that synthesized DVB-T-ID based on 1,3-indanedione units is a promising absorber (donor) material for BHJ-OSCs.

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