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Latest Updates of Single-Junction Organic Solar Cells up to 20% Efficiency

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  • Boudia Mohamed El Amine

    (MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Yi Zhou

    (College of General Aviation and Flight, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China)

  • Hongying Li

    (A*STAR Institute of High-Performance Computing, 1 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore 138632, Singapore)

  • Qiuwang Wang

    (MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Jun Xi

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Cunlu Zhao

    (MOE Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

Abstract

Single-junction organic solar cells have reached a power conversion efficiency of 20% with narrow bandgap non-fullerene electron acceptor materials such as Y6, as well as with large band gap electron donor materials and their derivatives. The power conversion efficiency improvement of single-junction organic solar cells is a result of highly efficient light harvesting in the near-infrared light range and reduced energy losses with the most promising active layer layout currently available, Bulk-Heterojunction. Ternary blending is known to be the most advanced strategy to construct Bulk-Heterojunction structures in organic solar cells at present. In this review, we examine different devices based on Bulk-Heterojunction structures with efficient electron donors and acceptors. Then, we review the performance of binary and ternary organic solar cells with high power conversion efficiency, in conjunction with different anode and cathode interfaces used in recent studies of high-power conversion efficiency. Finally, we present perspectives on the future development of single-junction organic solar cells.

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  • Boudia Mohamed El Amine & Yi Zhou & Hongying Li & Qiuwang Wang & Jun Xi & Cunlu Zhao, 2023. "Latest Updates of Single-Junction Organic Solar Cells up to 20% Efficiency," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-12, May.
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