Andersen, T. R. et al. Scalable, ambient atmosphere roll-to-roll manufacture of encapsulated large area, flexible organic tandem solar cell modules. Energy Environ. Sci. 7, 2925–2933 (2014).
All-small-molecule organic solar cells (all-SMOSCs) have attracted tremendous attention on account of their special merits of easy purification, well-defined …
5.2 Organic Solar Cells 6 Solar Modules 7 Comparison of Different Types of PV Modules 8 Further Information 9 References Overview A solar cell or photovoltaic (PV) cell is a semiconductor device that converts light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect ...
Herein, high-performance opaque and semitransparent organic solar modules are developed via a bilayer-merged-annealing (BMA)-assisted blade-coating …
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted significant attention for photovoltaic (PV) applications due to their special merits of intrinsic flexibility, light weight, …
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted widespread attention as a potentially low-cost technology for solar power generation due to their advantages, such as lightweight, high throughput, semitransparency, and flexibility. 1, 2, 3 Currently, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of polymer-based OSCs, which are based on polymer donors …
A new certified world record efficiency for large-area organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules is demonstrated, namely 14.5% on the total module area (15.0% on active area). This achievement is enabled by finite element method (FEM) computer simulations used to optimize the coating homogeneity and the solar module layout. Barely any performance …
organic solar cells 26,27,28,29 have garnered significant attention because they show great ... (NEDO). Solar cell module with world''s highest conversion efficiency of 31.17 % achieved − ...
High-boiling-point nonhalogenated solvents are superior solvents to produce large-area organic solar cells (OSCs) in industry because of their wide processing window and low toxicity; while, these solvents with …
The excellent results with respect to performance and stability of organic solar cells under indoor light could be transferred to the module level. Figure 7 shows the relative PCE of 8.1 cm 2 modules with eight interconnected cells in series and PV-X plus absorber aged under 10,000 and 50,000 lux, respectively, see also Figure S8 (Supporting …
Over 1000 V DC voltage is achieved with organic solar mini-modules comprising 1640 laser-structured sub-cells on an area of 3.6 × 3.7 cm2 (active area 12.1 cm2). Under 100 klux warm-white LED illumination, the device based on the absorber material PV-X plus gives an open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 1256.6 V and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) …
The critical step in commercializing organic solar cells (OSCs) involves achieving high-performance modules through environmentally friendly solvents. The incorporation of solid additives, recognized as an effective method for modulating the morphology of active layers through layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition, plays a significant role.
Organic solar cells (OSCs) represent an important emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology that can be produced by high-throughput solution processing from a vast array of organic semiconductors. 1–4 The tunable optical bandgap of organic semiconductors enables them to be more efficient in harvesting near-infrared (NIR) …
Herein, the transfer-printing capabilities for various π-conjugated organic materials are characterized and not only a high-efficiency, flexible, and large-area organic solar cell (OSC) module but al...
Despite recent breakthroughs in the fabrication of spin-coated small-area devices (≤0.1 cm<sup>2</sup>) with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of more than 17%, printed large-area organic solar cells (OSCs) are significantly less efficient because of the intrinsic differences between the coating …
Solution-processed organic solar cells (OSCs) have been regarded as one of next-generation photovoltaics owing to their key advantages such as light-weight, low cost solution processing, and easy fabrication of flexible and semitransparent devices. 1–6 During the past decade, continuous efforts have been devoted to the development of …
In this work, we report a new fabrication technique inspired by an old Chinese calligraphy tradition to fabricate organic solar cells and modules. The fabrication tool of "Maobi", also called "Chinese ink brush", has over …
With the improvement of photovoltaic efficiencies, solution-processed organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown a bright prospect for inexpensive and sustainable …
The OSCs based on multicomponent photoactive layer deliver a high power conversion efficiency of 11.8% and exhibit excellent device stability for over 1000 h …
Introduction Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted extensive attention due to their great potential in fabricating large-area solar panels and colorful semi-transparent devices through high-throughput printing techniques. 1, 2, 3 In the past few years, the OSCs have made great progress in the power conversion …
1 Introduction Organic solar cells (OSCs) possess the advantages of low cost, intrinsic flexibility, and large-area printing. [1-4] These merits promote OSCs to be widely deployed in portable energy resources and building-integrated photovoltaics in the future.[5, 6] Since the first report on bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells in 1995, [] fullerene acceptors have …
The solution-processed electrode is key to the full-solution-processed organic solar cells (OSCs). Silver nanowires (AgNWs) are considered as an attractive solution-processed electrode due to their low sheet resistance and high transmittance. However, the ...
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