Optimized Fibril Network Morphology by Precise Side‐Chain Engineering to Achieve High‐Performance Bulk‐Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

On the Morphology of Polymer-based Solar Cells to Achieve Higher Device Performance

Random Vs Regularized OPV: Limits of Performance Gain of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells by Morphology Engineering

Inexpensive solution processing of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) type organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells offers an attractive option for the low cost solar energy conversion. Solution processing creates a disordered morphology consisting of two organic semiconductors, intermixed randomly within the light-absorbing layer of the cell. In this paper, we use a detailed three-dimensional process-device co...

Stretchable organic solar cells.

Organic Solar Cells

MRS BULLETIN • VOLUME 33 • JULY 2008 • www.mrs.org/bulletin Abstract Organic solar cells, based on polymer/fullerene-blend films, are advancing rapidly toward commercial viability. In this article, we review recent progress on two issues critical for technological applications: device photovoltaic efficiencies and processing technologies for high-throughput production. In terms of device effici...

Fluorination-enabled optimal morphology leads to over 11% efficiency for inverted small-molecule organic solar cells

Solution-processable small molecules for organic solar cells have attracted intense attention for their advantages of definite molecular structures compared with their polymer counterparts. However, the device efficiencies based on small molecules are still lower than those of polymers, especially for inverted devices, the highest efficiency of which is <9%. Here we report three novel solution-...