Progress in stability of organic solar cells

L Duan, A Uddin - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising emerging low‐cost thin film photovoltaics
technology. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of OSCs has overpassed 16% for single …

Stability of organic solar cells: challenges and strategies

P Cheng, X Zhan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) present some advantages, such as simple preparation, light
weight, low cost and large-area flexible fabrication, and have attracted much attention in …

Progress in understanding degradation mechanisms and improving stability in organic photovoltaics

WR Mateker, MD McGehee - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the degradation mechanisms of organic photovoltaics is particularly
important, as they tend to degrade faster than their inorganic counterparts, such as silicon …

From fullerene acceptors to non-fullerene acceptors: prospects and challenges in the stability of organic solar cells

EM Speller, AJ Clarke, J Luke, HKH Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent emergence of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors has reinvigorated the field
of organic solar cells, already resulting in significant breakthroughs in their power …

On the glass transition of polymer semiconductors and its impact on polymer solar cell stability

C Müller - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
The glass transition temperature is a critical processing parameter that governs the kinetics
of molecular organization of polymer semiconductors during solidification. Yet, little attention …

Morphological and electrical control of fullerene dimerization determines organic photovoltaic stability

T Heumueller, WR Mateker, A Distler… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerene dimerization has been linked to short circuit current (Jsc) losses in organic solar
cells comprised of certain polymer–fullerene systems. We investigate several polymer …

Toward stable monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaics: a six-month outdoor performance study in a hot and humid climate

M De Bastiani, E Van Kerschaver, Q Jeangros… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are emerging as a high-efficiency and prospectively
cost-effective solar technology with great promise for deployment at the utility scale …

The role of fullerenes in the environmental stability of polymer: fullerene solar cells

HKH Lee, AM Telford, JA Röhr, MF Wyatt… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmental stability is a common challenge for the commercialisation of low cost,
encapsulation-free organic opto-electronic devices. Understanding the role of materials …

Diffusion-limited crystallization: a rationale for the thermal stability of non-fullerene solar cells

L Yu, D Qian, S Marina, FAA Nugroho… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Organic solar cells are thought to suffer from poor thermal stability of the active layer
nanostructure, a common belief that is based on the extensive work that has been carried …

Recent advances in stability of organic solar cells

X Xu, D Li, J Yuan, Y Zhou, Y Zou - EnergyChem, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic solar cells have achieved rapid development over the last few years, benefitting
from the emerging of new non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs). The reported power conversion …