Eco-friendly polymer solar cells: advances in green-solvent processing and material design

S Lee, D Jeong, C Kim, C Lee, H Kang, HY Woo… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the recent breakthroughs of polymer solar cells (PSCs) exhibiting a power
conversion efficiency of over 17%, toxic and hazardous organic solvents such as chloroform …

Organic solar cell materials toward commercialization

R Xue, J Zhang, Y Li, Y Li - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs) have received considerable attention with
significant progress recently and offer a promising outlook for portable energy resources and …

19.31% binary organic solar cell and low non-radiative recombination enabled by non-monotonic intermediate state transition

J Fu, PWK Fong, H Liu, CS Huang, X Lu, S Lu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-fullerene acceptors based organic solar cells represent the frontier of the field, owing to
both the materials and morphology manipulation innovations. Non-radiative recombination …

Single‐junction organic photovoltaic cell with 19% efficiency

Y Cui, Y Xu, H Yao, P Bi, L Hong, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Improving power conversion efficiency (PCE) is important for broadening the applications of
organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. Here, a maximum PCE of 19.0%(certified value of 18.7%) …

Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

J Zhao, Y Li, G Yang, K Jiang, H Lin, H Ade, W Ma… - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Organic solar cells have desirable properties, including low cost of materials, high-
throughput roll-to-roll production, mechanical flexibility and light weight. However, all top …

Revealing the underlying solvent effect on film morphology in high-efficiency organic solar cells through combined ex situ and in situ observations

R Ma, X Jiang, J Fu, T Zhu, C Yan, K Wu… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The morphological features and the film formation processes in high-performance donor–
acceptor binary photovoltaic blends cast from three representative solvents are carefully …

17.1%‐Efficient eco‐compatible organic solar cells from a dissymmetric 3D network acceptor

H Chen, H Lai, Z Chen, Y Zhu, H Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To elevate the performance of polymer solar cells (PSC) processed by non‐halogenated
solvents, a dissymmetric fused‐ring acceptor BTIC‐2Cl‐γCF3 with chlorine and …

Advances in the device design and printing technology for eco-friendly organic photovoltaics

H Li, S Liu, X Wu, S Yao, X Hu, Y Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Green solvent-treated organic solar cells (OSCs) have demonstrated significant potential in
terms of commercialization in recent years. However, the low solubility and high boiling point …

Breaking the 10% efficiency barrier in organic photovoltaics: Morphology and device optimization of well‐known PBDTTT polymers

S Zhang, L Ye, J Hou - Advanced Energy Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
With the advances in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), the invention of model polymers with
superior properties and wide applicability is of vital importance to both the academic and …

Recent advances in high performance donor-acceptor polymers for organic photovoltaics

S Holliday, Y Li, CK Luscombe - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic photovoltaic cells made with semiconducting polymers remain one of the most
promising technologies for low-cost solar energy due to their compatibility with roll-to-roll …