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Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells
The organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising emerging low‐cost thin film photovoltaics technology. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of OSCs has overpassed 16% for single junction and 17% for organic–organic tandem solar cells with the development of low bandgap organic materials synthesis and de...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7284215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201903259 |
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author | Duan, Leiping Uddin, Ashraf |
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description | The organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising emerging low‐cost thin film photovoltaics technology. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of OSCs has overpassed 16% for single junction and 17% for organic–organic tandem solar cells with the development of low bandgap organic materials synthesis and device processing technology. The main barrier of commercial use of OSCs is the poor stability of devices. Herein, the factors limiting the stability of OSCs are summarized. The limiting stability factors are oxygen, water, irradiation, heating, metastable morphology, diffusion of electrodes and buffer layers materials, and mechanical stress. The recent progress in strategies to increase the stability of OSCs is surveyed, such as material design, device engineering of active layers, employing inverted geometry, optimizing buffer layers, using stable electrodes and encapsulation materials. The International Summit on Organic Photovoltaic Stability guidelines are also discussed. The potential research strategies to achieve the required device stability and efficiency are highlighted, rendering possible pathways to facilitate the viable commercialization of OSCs. |
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spelling | pubmed-72842152020-06-11 Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells Duan, Leiping Uddin, Ashraf Adv Sci (Weinh) Reviews The organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising emerging low‐cost thin film photovoltaics technology. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of OSCs has overpassed 16% for single junction and 17% for organic–organic tandem solar cells with the development of low bandgap organic materials synthesis and device processing technology. The main barrier of commercial use of OSCs is the poor stability of devices. Herein, the factors limiting the stability of OSCs are summarized. The limiting stability factors are oxygen, water, irradiation, heating, metastable morphology, diffusion of electrodes and buffer layers materials, and mechanical stress. The recent progress in strategies to increase the stability of OSCs is surveyed, such as material design, device engineering of active layers, employing inverted geometry, optimizing buffer layers, using stable electrodes and encapsulation materials. The International Summit on Organic Photovoltaic Stability guidelines are also discussed. The potential research strategies to achieve the required device stability and efficiency are highlighted, rendering possible pathways to facilitate the viable commercialization of OSCs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7284215/ /pubmed/32537401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201903259 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Reviews Duan, Leiping Uddin, Ashraf Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells |
title | Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells |
title_full | Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells |
title_fullStr | Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells |
title_full_unstemmed | Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells |
title_short | Progress in Stability of Organic Solar Cells |
title_sort | progress in stability of organic solar cells |
topic | Reviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7284215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201903259 |
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