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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 roll (R2R) manufacturing of this technology and precise device fabrication, further improvements are critical.
During the last years the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells has been improved significantly. For a large-scale application of this technology further improvements are required. This article reviews the basic working principles and the state of the art device design of bulk heterojunction solar cells.
This is vitally important in order to achieve high power conversion efficiencies in organic solar cells. Early heterojunction-based solar cells were limited to relatively modest efficiencies (<4%) owing to limitations such as poor exciton dissociation, limited photon harvesting, and high recombination losses.
The absorber layer of an efficient state of the art bulk heterojunction solar cell is made of so-called donor and acceptor molecules. As donors usually conjugated polymers, oligomers or conjugated pigments, as acceptors frequently fullerene derivatives are applied (Fig. 2). Often these materials are classified as organic semiconductors .
In 2001 Shaheen et al. reported a record efficiency of 2.5%. About 10 years later, Mitsubishi Chemical demonstrated a PCE > 10% for lab devices with an active area of ∼1 cm 2 . In Fig. 1 the development of the power conversion efficiency of bulk heterojunction solar cells is summarized.
Recent measurements indicate that LD is in the range of 10 nm for several prototype conjugated polymers used in bulk heterojunction solar cells, which means that an intermixing of the donor and the acceptor moieties on the nanometer scale is required.
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Device engineering is an effective way to improve the photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Currently, the widely used bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure has problems such as material …
Xia, T. et al. Optimal bulk-heterojunction morphology enabled by fibril network strategy for high-performance organic solar cells. Sci. China Chem. 62, 662–668 (2019).
Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted extensive attention due to their unique advantages in making flexible and roll-to-roll solar cells via solution...
Despite recent progress, the performance of organic solar cells ... N. et al. Designing ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cells with reduced carrier recombination and a fill factor of 77%.
Achieving precise control over the nanoscale morphology of bulk heterojunction films presents a significant challenge for the conventional post-treatments employed in organic solar cells (OSCs). In this study, a near …
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1 ESI† for A High Dielectric Constant Non-fullerene Acceptor for Efficient Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Xi Liu,‡a Boming Xie,‡a Chunhui Duan,*a Zhaojing Wang,a Baobing Fan,a Kai Zhang,a Baojun Lin,b Fallon J. M. Colberts,c Wei Ma,*b René A. J. Janssen,c Fei Huang*a and Yong Caoa aState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of …
Abstract Organic solar cells (OSCs) have gained considerable attention due to their attractive power conversion efficiency (over 19%), simple preparation, lightweight and low cost. However, considerable challenges remain in the technical contexts to achieve stable performance for OSCs with extended life cycle. These challenges comprise of two primary …
Graded bulk-heterojunction (G-BHJ) with well-defined vertical phase separation has potential to surpass classical BHJ in organic solar cells (OSCs). In this work, an effective G-BHJ strategy via ...
Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells have attracted considerable interest for their promise in cost-effective, lightweight, and flexible photovoltaic applications. This paper …
Achieving high-performance and stable organic solar cells (OSCs) remains a critical challenge, primarily due to the precise optimization required for active layer morphology. Herein, this work reports a dual additive strategy using 3,5-dichlorobromobenzene (DCBB) and 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) to optimize the morphology of both bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) and …
Crystallinity has played a major role in organic solar cells (OSCs). In small molecule (SM) bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) OSCs, the crystallinity and crystalline packing of SM …
The recently emerged integrated perovskite/bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (IPOSCs) without any recombination layers have generated wide attention. This type of device structure can take the advantages of tandem …
Solar energy plays a pivotal role in addressing energy challenges, and photovoltaic (PV) cells are among the most commonly utilized apparatus for converting solar energy [1].Recently, bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs) have escalated in popularity owing to their reduced production expenditures, straightforward production process, and inherent material …
This article reviews the basic working principles and the state of the art device design of bulk heterojunction solar cells. The importance of high power conversion efficiencies …
The operation and the design of organic solar cells with donor/acceptor heterojunction structure and exciton blocking layer is outlined and results of their initial development and …
Organic solar cells based on P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction were prepared and subjected to post annealing at different temperatures (100, 120, 140, 160 and 180 °C). SEM, AFM as well as optical images have …
Here, the design and engineering strategies used to develop the optimal bulk heterojunction for solar-cell, photodetector, and photocatalytic applications are discussed. Additionally, the thermodynamic driving forces in …
Film morphology greatly influences the performance of bulk-heterojunction (BHJ)-structure-based solar cells. It is known that an interpenetrating bicontinuous network with nanoscale-separated donor and acceptor phases for charge transfer, an ordered molecular packing for exciton diffusion and charge transport, and a vertical compositionally graded …
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, also known as organic solar cells, are a type of solar cell that converts sunlight into electricity using organic materials such as polymers and small …
Non-radiative recombination loss suppression is critical for boosting performance of organic solar cells. Here, the authors regulate self-organization of bulk-heterojunction in a non-monotonic ...
N-type doping of the bulk-heterojunction layer in nonfullerene organic solar cells allows to effectively ameliorate inferior electron transportation by filling traps and optimizing electron pathways, leading to a better balance of charge transport …
Constructing efficient and regular charge transport channels is essential to achieve high power conversion efficiency (PCE) in pseudo-planar heterojunction (PPHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). Nanoimprint lithography …
The limited exciton diffusion length (L D) of organic semiconductors constraints exciton dissociation in pseudo-planar heterojunction (PPHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs), which is deemed the bottleneck hampering …
A new series of heterojunction organic solar cells were designed using bacteriochlorin as a donor. They exhibit efficient charge mobility and separation rates, which …
The purpose of this review is threefold: first, to summarize the current understanding of processes that take place during photocurrent generation in an organic solar cell; second, to link them to the morphology and chemical composition for several polymer–fullerene blends; and finally, to generalize the results to other bulk heterojunction …
Here, we use noise spectroscopy in combination with numerical modelling to show that common bulk heterojunction organic solar cells actually work as hot-carrier devices. Due to static energetic disorder, thermalization of photo-generated electrons and holes in the global density of states is slow compared to the charge carrier lifetime, leading ...
For example, organic solar cells rely on the formation of a junction between donor and acceptor organic materials in a ''bulk heterojunction'', thus facilitating charge separation at the ...
Organic thin-film solar cells with an active layer based on a bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) comprised of C6PcH 2 and a fullerene derivative, 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)-propyl-1-phenyl-(6,6)C 61 (PCBM), have demonstrated a high efficiency of 4.2%. 17) When discotic LCs are used as an active layer material in organic solar cells, homeotropic alignment, in which the column …
Polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells are a type of solar cell researched in academic laboratories. Polymer-fullerene solar cells are a subset of organic solar cells, also known as organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, which use organic materials as their active component to convert solar radiation into electrical energy.
The recently emerged integrated perovskite/bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (IPOSCs) without any recombination layers have generated wide attention.
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) depends on a fine, carefully optimized bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) microstructure. The understanding and manipulation of BHJ morphology have been the focus of research in optoelectronic devices. In this article, recent advances in understanding and controlling the 2020 Materials Chemistry Frontiers Review-type Articles
The regulation of intermolecular compatibility is important for achieving a suitable morphology for organic solar cells (OSCs). The small molecule acceptor BTP-eC9 is selected as the third component of binary bulk …
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have progressed rapidly in recent years through the development of novel organic photoactive materials, especially non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs). Consequently, OSCs based on state-of-the …
Remarkable improvement in durability of bulk-heterojunction solar cells remarkable progress has been achieved during the last ten years. While the first devices had to be stored in an inert atmosphere, and degraded quickly on exposure to sunlight, today small organic PV modules on flexible substrates with operational lifetimes of a few years are …
BHJ, bulk heterojunction; OSC, organic solar cell. In the photoactive absorber material, electrons that occupy low-energy states absorb the energy of photons and use it to promote to high-energy states. The carrier-selective layers act as semipermeable membranes that only allow the transfer of either electrons in a high-energy state or ...
These analyses provide clear directions for further PHJ performance enhancement, including employing a donor polymer with a higher HOMO offset to prevent hole …
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