Research status of large-area flexible organic solar cells

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Research status of large-area flexible organic solar cells

Hanlin Li 1*
  • 1 Shanghai Institute of Technology    
  • *corresponding author 3100400190@caa.edu.cn
Published on 21 July 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2755-2721/7/20230550
ACE Vol.7
ISSN (Print): 2755-273X
ISSN (Online): 2755-2721
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-61-4
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-62-1

Abstract

Solar cell technology, as the hottest clean energy technology nowadays, can convert the abundant solar energy on earth into electricity. As the latest development direction of solar cell technology, large-area F-OSCs have a broad application prospect. Compared with traditional inorganic solar cells, large-area flexible organic solar cells(F-OSCs) have various advantages including flexibility, low cost and low weight. Because of its unparalleled advantages, the research field of large-area F-OSCs has achieved rapid development in recent years. This review shows representative results in the field through different aspects of the structure, fabrication process and applications of large-area F-OSCs. Also this review summarizes the problems that still exist in various aspects of large-area F-OSCs. Nowadays, the main problems that need to be solved for large-area F-OSCs are 1) increasing the power conversion efficiency(PCE) of the cells 2) improving the stability of the devices in the natural environment and 3) reducing the cost of manufacturing. Finally, an outlook on the future widespread application of large-area F-OSCs is presented.

Keywords:

Organic solar cells,Large-area devices,Flexible devices,Power conversion efficiency.

Li,H. (2023). Research status of large-area flexible organic solar cells. Applied and Computational Engineering,7,344-349.
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[13]. Song W, Fanady B, Peng R, et al. Foldable semitransparent organic solar cells for photovoltaic and photosynthesis[J]. Advanced energy materials, 2020, 10(15): 2000136.

[14]. Berny S, Blouin N, Distler A, et al. Solar trees: first large‐scale demonstration of fully solution coated, semitransparent, flexible organic photovoltaic modules[J]. Advanced Science, 2016, 3(5): 1500342.

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Li,H. (2023). Research status of large-area flexible organic solar cells. Applied and Computational Engineering,7,344-349.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Materials Chemistry and Environmental Engineering (CONF-MCEE 2023), Part II

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References

[1]. Tang C W. Two‐layer organic photovoltaic cell[J]. Applied physics letters, 1986, 48(2): 183-185.

[2]. Cui Y, Xu Y, Yao H, et al. Single‐junction organic photovoltaic cell with 19% efficiency[J]. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33(41): 2102420.

[3]. Wang G, Zhang J, Yang C, et al. Synergistic optimization enables large‐area flexible organic solar cells to maintain over 98% PCE of the small‐area rigid devices[J]. Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(49): 2005153.

[4]. Kimura H, Fukuda K, Jinno H, et al. High operation stability of ultra flexible organic solar cells with ultraviolet‐filtering substrates[J]. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31(19): 1808033.

[5]. Jiang Y, Dong X, Sun L, et al. An alcohol-dispersed conducting polymer complex for fully printable organic solar cells with improved stability[J]. Nature Energy, 2022, 7(4): 352-359.

[6]. Han Y, Chen X, Wei J, et al. Efficiency above 12% for 1 cm2 flexible organic solar cells with Ag/Cu grid transparent conducting electrode[J]. Advanced Science, 2019, 6(22): 1901490.

[7]. Yang Y, Xu B, Hou J. Solution‐processed silver nanowire as flexible transparent electrodes in organic solar cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2021, 39(8): 2315-2329.

[8]. Koo D, Jung S, Seo J, et al. Flexible organic solar cells over 15% efficiency with polyimide-integrated graphene electrodes[J]. Joule, 2020, 4(5): 1021-1034.

[9]. Yang F, Huang Y, Li Y, et al. Large-Area Flexible Organic Solar Cells. npj Flexible Electron. 2021, 5, 30[J].

[10]. Hashemi S A, Ramakrishna S, Aberle A G. Recent progress in flexible–wearable solar cells for self-powered electronic devices[J]. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 13(3): 685-743.

[11]. Jeong E G, Jeon Y, Cho S H, et al. Textile-based washable polymer solar cells for optoelectronic modules: toward self-powered smart clothing[J]. Energy & Environmental Science, 2019, 12(6): 1878-1889.

[12]. Ravishankar E, Booth R E, Saravitz C, et al. Achieving net zero energy greenhouses by integrating semitransparent organic solar cells[J]. Joule, 2020, 4(2): 490-506.

[13]. Song W, Fanady B, Peng R, et al. Foldable semitransparent organic solar cells for photovoltaic and photosynthesis[J]. Advanced energy materials, 2020, 10(15): 2000136.

[14]. Berny S, Blouin N, Distler A, et al. Solar trees: first large‐scale demonstration of fully solution coated, semitransparent, flexible organic photovoltaic modules[J]. Advanced Science, 2016, 3(5): 1500342.

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