Interfacial materials for organic solar cells: recent advances and perspectives

Z Yin, J Wei, Q Zheng - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown great promise as low‐cost photovoltaic devices for
solar energy conversion over the past decade. Interfacial engineering provides a powerful …

Toward real setting applications of organic and perovskite solar cells: A comparative review

M Seri, F Mercuri, G Ruani, Y Feng, M Li… - Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of efficient, reliable, and clean energy sources is one of the global
priorities for enabling a sustainable transition toward a green society and economy. The …

Efficient, hysteresis‐free, and stable perovskite solar cells with ZnO as electron‐transport layer: effect of surface passivation

J Cao, B Wu, R Chen, Y Wu, Y Hui, BW Mao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has ascended from 3.8% to
22.1% in recent years. ZnO has been well‐documented as an excellent electron‐transport …

An Efficiency of 16.46% and a T80 Lifetime of Over 4000 h for the PM6:Y6 Inverted Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Surface Acid Treatment of the Zinc Oxide Electron …

Y Han, H Dong, W Pan, B Liu, X Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For the inverted organic solar cells (OSCs), the interface contacts between the ZnO electron
transporting layer and the organic active layer play an important role in the device …

Optimizing ZnO–Quantum Dot Interface with Thiol as Ligand Modification for High‐Performance Quantum Dot Light‐Emitting Diodes

S Jia, M Hu, M Gu, J Ma, D Li, G **ang, P Liu, K Wang… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As the electron transport layer in quantum dot light‐emitting diodes (QLEDs), ZnO suffers
from excessive electrons that lead to luminescence quenching of the quantum dots (QDs) …

Progress in emerging solution-processed thin film solar cells–Part I: Polymer solar cells

Q Wang, Y **e, F Soltani-Kordshuli… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymer solar cell (PSC), also called organic photovoltaic solar cell (OPV), is an emerging
solar cell, benefitting from recent advances in nano-structured and functional energy …

Flexible organic photodetectors with mechanically robust zinc oxide nanoparticle thin films

H Byeon, B Kim, H Hwang, M Kim, H Yoo… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Zinc oxide nanoparticle (ZnO-NP) thin films have been intensively used as electron transport
layers (ETLs) in organic optoelectronic devices, but their moderate mechanical flexibility …

Colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals as charge transporting layers for solution-processed light-emitting diodes and solar cells

X Liang, S Bai, X Wang, X Dai, F Gao, B Sun… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals offer a unique combination of excellent low-temperature
solution processability, rich and tuneable optoelectronic properties and intrinsic stability …

Enhancing performance of large‐area organic solar cells with thick film via ternary strategy

J Zhang, Y Zhao, J Fang, L Yuan, B **a, G Wang… - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale fabrication of organic solar cells requires an active layer with high thickness
tolerability and the use of environment‐friendly solvents. Thick films with high‐performance …

Solution-processed zinc oxide/polyethylenimine nanocomposites as tunable electron transport layers for highly efficient bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

HC Chen, SW Lin, JM Jiang, YW Su… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this study, we employed polyethylenimine-doped sol–gel-processed zinc oxide
composites (ZnO: PEI) as efficient electron transport layers (ETL) for facilitating electron …