Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells

Tong Y, Xiao Z, Du X, Zuo C, Li Y, Lv M, Yuan Y, Yi C, Hao F, Hua Y, Lei T, Lin Q, Sun K, Zhao D, Duan C, Shao X, Li W, Yip HL, Xiao Z, Zhang B, Bian Q, Cheng Y, Liu S, Cheng M, Jin Z, Yang S, Ding L (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9726-0

Abstract

Organic solar cells have attracted academic and industrial interests due to the advantages like lightweight, flexibility and roll-to-roll fabrication. Nowadays, 18% power conversion efficiency has been achieved in the state-of-the-art organic solar cells. The recent rapid progress in organic solar cells relies on the continuously emerging new materials and device fabrication technologies, and the deep understanding on film morphology, molecular packing and device physics. Donor and acceptor materials are the key materials for organic solar cells since they determine the device performance. The past 25 years have witnessed an odyssey in developing high-performance donors and acceptors. In this review, we focus on those star materials and milestone work, and introduce the molecular structure evolution of key materials. These key materials include homopolymer donors, D-A copolymer donors, A-D-A small molecular donors, fullerene acceptors and nonfullerene acceptors. At last, we outlook the challenges and very important directions in key materials development.

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Peking University (PKU) / 北京大学 China (CN) University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) / 电子科技大学 China (CN) Central South University China (CN) Wuhan University China (CN) Yunnan University China (CN) Tsinghua University China (CN) Lanzhou University China (CN) Sichuan University (SCU) / 四川大学 China (CN) Chongqing University (CQU) / 重庆大学 China (CN) Nankai University (NKU) / 南开大学 China (CN) South China University of Technology (SCUT) / 华南理工大学 China (CN) Swansea University United Kingdom (GB) Guizhou Institute of Technology / 贵州理工学院 China (CN) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia (AU) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) / 国家纳米科学中心 China (CN) Linköping University Sweden (SE) Jiangsu University / 江苏大学 China (CN) Changzhou University (CZU) / 常州大学 China (CN) University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) China (CN) South China Normal University / 华南师范大学 China (CN) National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore (SG)

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APA:

Tong, Y., Xiao, Z., Du, X., Zuo, C., Li, Y., Lv, M.,... Ding, L. (2020). Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells. Science China-Chemistry. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11426-020-9726-0

MLA:

Tong, Yang, et al. "Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells." Science China-Chemistry (2020).

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