Material design and device fabrication strategies for stretchable organic solar cells

JS Park, GU Kim, S Lee, JW Lee, S Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs)
have greatly enhanced their commercial viability. Considering the technical standards (eg …

Mechanical properties of organic semiconductors for stretchable, highly flexible, and mechanically robust electronics

SE Root, S Savagatrup, AD Printz, D Rodriquez… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Mechanical deformability underpins many of the advantages of organic semiconductors. The
mechanical properties of these materials are, however, diverse, and the molecular …

Thermoplastic elastomer tunes phase structure and promotes stretchability of high‐efficiency organic solar cells

Z Peng, K **an, Y Cui, Q Qi, J Liu, Y Xu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Top‐performance organic solar cells (OSCs) consisting of conjugated polymer donors and
nonfullerene small molecule acceptors (NF‐SMAs) deliver rapid increases in efficiencies …

Correlating miscibility, mechanical parameters, and stability of ternary polymer blends for high-performance solar cells

K Zhou, K **an, R Ma, J Liu, M Gao, S Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With the rapid emergence of new polymer acceptors, the photovoltaic performance of all-
polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) has been greatly improved. However, how to rationally design …

Recent progress in flexible and stretchable organic solar cells

J Qin, L Lan, S Chen, F Huang, H Shi… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible and stretchable organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted enormous attention due to
their potential applications in wearable and portable devices. To achieve flexibility and …

Flexible, highly efficient all-polymer solar cells

T Kim, JH Kim, TE Kang, C Lee, H Kang, M Shin… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
All-polymer solar cells have shown great potential as flexible and portable power
generators. These devices should offer good mechanical endurance with high power …

Unraveling the Correlations between Mechanical Properties, Miscibility, and Film Microstructure in All‐Polymer Photovoltaic Cells

K Zhou, K **an, Q Qi, M Gao, Z Peng… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of low bandgap polymer acceptors has promoted the efficiency up
to≈ 17% for all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs). Nevertheless, the polymeric blend film, core …

Recent progress on stretchable electronic devices with intrinsically stretchable components

TQ Trung, NE Lee - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable electronic devices with intrinsically stretchable components have significant
inherent advantages, including simple fabrication processes, a high integrity of the stacked …

Fundamentals of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells: An overview of stability/degradation issues and strategies for improvement

S Rafique, SM Abdullah, K Sulaiman… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last few years, the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) based on bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) structure has remarkably improved. However, for a large scale roll to …

Flexible electronics under strain: a review of mechanical characterization and durability enhancement strategies

KD Harris, AL Elias, HJ Chung - Journal of materials science, 2016 - Springer
Flexible electronics incorporate all the functional attributes of conventional rigid electronics
in formats that have been altered to survive mechanical deformations. Understanding the …