Machine Learning for Ultra High Throughput Screening of Organic Solar Cells: Solving the Needle in the Haystack Problem

Hußner M, Pacalaj RA, Olaf Müller-Dieckert G, Liu C, Zhou Z, Majeed N, Greedy S, Ramirez I, Li N, Hosseini SM, Uhrich C, Brabec C, Durrant JR, Deibel C, MacKenzie RCI (2024)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Advanced Energy Materials Wiley

Book Volume: 14

Article Number: 2303000

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202303000

Abstract

Over the last two decades the organic solar cell community has synthesized tens of thousands of novel polymers and small molecules in the search for an optimum light harvesting material. These materials are often crudely evaluated simply by measuring the current–voltage (JV) curves in the light to obtain power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). Materials with low PCEs are quickly disregarded in the search for higher efficiencies. More complex measurements such as frequency/time domain characterization that could explain why the material performed as it is often not performed as they are too time consuming/complex. This limited feedback forced the field to advance using a more or less random walk of material development and has significantly slowed progress. Herein, a simple technique based on machine learning that can quickly and accurately extract recombination time constants and charge carrier mobilities as a function of light intensity simply from light/dark JV curves alone. This technique reduces the time to fully analyze a working cell from weeks to seconds and opens up the possibility of not only fully characterizing new devices as they are fabricated, but also data mining historical data sets for promising materials the community has overlooked.

Authors with CRIS profile

Chao Liu Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET) Ning Li Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET) Christoph Brabec Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET)

Involved external institutions

University of Nottingham GB United Kingdom (GB) South China University of Technology (SCUT) / 华南理工大学 CN China (CN) Heliatek GmbH DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität Chemnitz DE Germany (DE) Durham University GB United Kingdom (GB) Imperial College London / The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Hußner, M., Pacalaj, R.A., Olaf Müller-Dieckert, G., Liu, C., Zhou, Z., Majeed, N.,... MacKenzie, R.C.I. (2024). Machine Learning for Ultra High Throughput Screening of Organic Solar Cells: Solving the Needle in the Haystack Problem. Advanced Energy Materials, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202303000

MLA:

Hußner, Markus, et al. "Machine Learning for Ultra High Throughput Screening of Organic Solar Cells: Solving the Needle in the Haystack Problem." Advanced Energy Materials 14.3 (2024).

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