From fullerene acceptors to non-fullerene acceptors: prospects and challenges in the stability of organic solar cells

EM Speller, AJ Clarke, J Luke, HKH Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent emergence of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors has reinvigorated the field
of organic solar cells, already resulting in significant breakthroughs in their power …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon under pressure

B Sundqvist - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon is an element with extremely versatile bonding properties and theoretical
calculations have suggested the possible existence of several hundred structural allotropes …

Morphological and electrical control of fullerene dimerization determines organic photovoltaic stability

T Heumueller, WR Mateker, A Distler… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerene dimerization has been linked to short circuit current (Jsc) losses in organic solar
cells comprised of certain polymer–fullerene systems. We investigate several polymer …

The effect of PCBM dimerization on the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells

A Distler, T Sauermann, HJ Egelhaaf… - Advanced Energy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing the lifetime of polymer based organic solar cells is still a major challenge. Here,
the photostability of bulk heterojunction solar cells based on the polymer poly [4, 4′‐bis (2 …

Morphological Stability and Performance of Polymer–Fullerene Solar Cells under Thermal Stress: The Impact of Photoinduced PC60BM Oligomerization

HC Wong, Z Li, CH Tan, H Zhong, Z Huang… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report a general light processing strategy for organic solar cells (OSC) that exploits the
propensity of the fullerene derivative PC60BM to photo-oligomerize, which is capable of …

Stability of organic solar cells: The influence of nanostructured carbon materials

I Fraga Domínguez, A Distler… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are lightweight, have adaptable colors, and can be produced in
low‐cost procedures on transparent and flexible surfaces. This makes them attractive for …

Performance enhancement of fullerene-based solar cells by light processing

Z Li, HC Wong, Z Huang, H Zhong, CH Tan… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
A key challenge to the commercialization of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells is the
achievement of morphological stability, particularly under thermal stress conditions. Here we …

Impact of the photo-induced degradation of electron acceptors on the photophysics, charge transport and device performance of all-polymer and fullerene–polymer …

T Kim, R Younts, W Lee, S Lee, K Gundogdu… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The photodegeneration of polymer solar cells (PSCs) based on polymer donors and
fullerene acceptors limits their lifetime and reliability. Here, we demonstrate that replacing …

Effect of ultraviolet radiation on organic photovoltaic materials and devices

JB Patel, P Tiwana, N Seidler, GE Morse… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaics are a sustainable and cost-effective power-generation technology that
may aid the move to zero-emission buildings, carbon neutral cities, and electric vehicles …

Stability of polymer: PCBM thin films under competitive illumination and thermal stress

S Pont, F Foglia, AM Higgins… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The combined effects of illumination and thermal annealing on the morphological stability
and photodimerization in polymer/fullerene thin films are examined. While illumination is …