Recent advances of non-fullerene organic solar cells: From materials and morphology to devices and applications

Ying Zhang, Yongwen Lang, Gang Li

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Abstract

The innovation of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) enables the rapid progress of organic solar cells (OSCs) in power conversion efficiencies to over 19%, endowing OSCs with great potential toward real-world application. In this critical review, we outline the recent advances of NFA-based OSCs - from ITIC- to Y6-family, to exemplify the structure–performance correlations, and cover from material chemistry to nanomorphology controlling. In addition, we point out the possible degradation mechanisms behind the NFA-based devices and strategies for mitigating the stability issues. With OSC efficiencies approaching 20% benchmark, increasing attention has been built-up toward the technology's applications. Therefore, we describe the opportunities and challenges in the promising applications, mainly on semitransparent and flexible OSCs for commercial photovoltaics. Finally, we provide a summary and perspective to point out the primary challenges the OSC technology is facing toward commercialization. (Figure presented.).

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere12281
Pages (from-to)1-23
JournalEcoMat
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

Keywords

  • applications
  • material chemistry
  • morphology
  • non-fullerene organic solar cells
  • stability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry (miscellaneous)
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Materials Science (miscellaneous)

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