Eco-friendly polymer solar cells: advances in green-solvent processing and material design

S Lee, D Jeong, C Kim, C Lee, H Kang, HY Woo… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the recent breakthroughs of polymer solar cells (PSCs) exhibiting a power
conversion efficiency of over 17%, toxic and hazardous organic solvents such as chloroform …

Material challenges for solar cells in the twenty-first century: directions in emerging technologies

S Almosni, A Delamarre, Z Jehl, D Suchet… - … and Technology of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Photovoltaic generation has stepped up within the last decade from outsider status to one of
the important contributors of the ongoing energy transition, with about 1.7% of world …

Enhancing exciton diffusion length provides new opportunities for organic photovoltaics

MT Sajjad, A Ruseckas, IDW Samuel - Matter, 2020 - cell.com
Organic semiconductors can potentially revolutionize solar cell technology by offering very
thin, lightweight, and flexible modules for outdoor and indoor power generation. Light …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible solar and thermal energy conversion devices: Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic thermoelectric generators (OTEGs) and hybrid PV-TEG systems

A Sharma, S Masoumi, D Gedefaw… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar and thermal energy conversion are two major renewable energy technologies highly
sought after in the past two decades by academia, industry, and policymakers. Besides the …

Water-based layer-by-layer processing enables 19% efficient binary organic solar cells with minimized thickness sensitivity

C Xie, X Zeng, C Li, X Sun, S Liang, H Huang… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Water processing is an ideal strategy for the eco-friendly fabrication of organic solar cells
(OSCs), exhibiting a strong market-driven need. Herein, we developed a sequential layer-by …

Overcoming efficiency and stability limits in water-processing nanoparticular organic photovoltaics by minimizing microstructure defects

C Xie, T Heumüller, W Gruber, X Tang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
There is a strong market driven need for processing organic photovoltaics from eco-friendly
solvents. Water-dispersed organic semiconducting nanoparticles (NPs) satisfy these …

Green-solvent-processable strategies for achieving large-scale manufacture of organic photovoltaics

Z Ma, B Zhao, Y Gong, J Deng, Z Tan - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have attracted ever-increasing attention due to the enormous
potential for large-scale commercial manufacture. To date, most research studies …

Green‐Processed Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Based on Y‐Series Acceptors

C Liu, J Liu, X Duan, Y Sun - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of environmentally friendly and sustainable processes for the production
of high‐performance organic solar cells (OSCs) has become a critical research area …

Water-based solar cells over 10% efficiency: designing soft nanoparticles for improved processability

A Holmes, H Laval, M Guizzardi, V Maruzzo… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic semiconductors are typically dissolved in organic solvents that are harmful to
human health and the environment. To overcome this issue, these materials can be …

Review of conjugated polymer nanoparticles: from formulation to applications

S Kang, TW Yoon, GY Kim, B Kang - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers, which exhibit electrical and optical properties owing to the presence
of conjugated π bonds along the polymer backbone, are semiconducting materials of utmost …