Issue 2, 2016

Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review

Abstract

The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells has been constantly refreshed in the past ten years from 4% up to 11% due to the contribution from the chemists on novel materials and the physicists on device engineering. For practical applications, a single bulk heterojunction structure may be the best candidate due to the cell with a high PCE, easy fabrication and low cost. Recently, ternary solar cells have attracted much attention due to enhanced photon harvesting by using absorption spectral or energy level complementary materials as the second donor or acceptor based on a single bulk heterojunction structure. For better promoting the development of ternary solar cells, we summarize the recent progress of ternary solar cells and try our best to concise out the scientific issues in preparing high performance ternary solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
27 Aug 2015
Accepted
22 Oct 2015
First published
27 Oct 2015

Energy Environ. Sci., 2016,9, 281-322

Author version available

Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review

Q. An, F. Zhang, J. Zhang, W. Tang, Z. Deng and B. Hu, Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9, 281 DOI: 10.1039/C5EE02641E

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