Stability, encapsulation and large-area fabrication of organic photovoltaics

Shan Song, Jiaorong Lu, Weiyu Ye, Bei Zhang, Xuan Liu, Guichuan Xing, Shiming Zhang

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Abstract

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have become a timely research topic for their advantages of light weight, low cost, low toxicity, environmental adaptability, flexibility, and large-area manufacture, especially after non-fullerene acceptor ITIC reported in 2015. The highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) is currently above 18% for OPV. However, there are still imparities in the efficiency of OPVs when compared with silicon-based photovoltaics, as well as in their shelf life. Compared with inorganic-based photovoltaics, the efficiency of large-area OPVs is lower and the life time of OPVs is shorter. Therefore, such inferior performance of large-area OPVs restricts the commercial development. Based on these constraints, this paper reviews the research work regarding OPVs into three aspects: stability, encapsulation technology, and recent large-area preparation technologies. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1441-1459
Number of pages19
JournalScience China Chemistry
Volume64
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

Keywords

  • encapsulation
  • large-area fabrication
  • organic photovoltaics
  • stability

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