Slot-die printed non-fullerene organic solar cells with the highest efficiency of 12.9% for low-cost PV-driven water splitting

Molecular Engineering and Morphology Control of Polythiophene:Nonfullerene Acceptor Blends for High‐Performance Solar Cells

“…Recent studies demonstrated that replacing alkyls with oligo(ethylene glycol) side chains is able to generate water or alcohol soluble conjugated polymers and acceptors. [184][185][186][187] In addition, scalable coating methods such as blade coating, [188][189][190][191][192] and slot-die coating [193][194][195][196][197] and roll-to-roll printing [198,199] should be more extensively explored. 6) Development of PT-based all-polymer solar cells: All-polymer solar cells exhibit unique advantages, such as excellent mechanical property, good morphological stability, and readily tunable solution viscosity.…”

Layer-by-layer fabrication of organic photovoltaic devices: material selection and processing conditions

“…209 Compared to BHJ OPVs, performances of LbL-processed OPVs have proven to be less dependent on processing conditions, which is often the first barrier encountered. 30 Some preliminary examples of BHJ OPV devices fabricated using roll-to-roll compatible deposition techniques have been reported, such as slot coating [210][211][212][213][214] or blade coating. [215][216][217][218][219][220] However, analogous investigations employing LbL processes using similar scalable techniques remain limited.…”

Flexible All‐Solution‐Processed Organic Solar Cells with High‐Performance Nonfullerene Active Layers

“…Organic solar cells (OSCs) have significant potential for large‐scale commercial applications due to its light weight, mechanical flexibility, and easy processing 1–5. The recent emergence of nonfullerene (NF) acceptors has significantly enhanced their power conversion efficiency (PCE) owing to their strong absorption in the near infrared region, and the low voltage loss in the device 6–10.…”