reviewChemical ReviewsAug 5, 2022Closed access

Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics

GZGuichuan ZhangFLFrancis LinQFQi FengTHThomas HeumüllerADAndreas Distler

South China Normal University · South China University of Technology · +4 more institutions

PubMed
Indexed incrossrefpubmed

Abstract

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive materials development: (i) use of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors (FAs) for optimizing bulk heterojunctions; (ii) development of new donors to better match with FAs; (iii) development of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs). The development and application of NFAs with an A–D–A configuration (where A = acceptor and D = donor) has enabled devices to have efficient charge generation and small energy losses (Eloss 19% and may soon approach 20%. This review provides an update of recent progress of OPV in the following aspects: developments of novel NFAs and donors, understanding of the structure–property…

Citation impact

969
total citations
FWCI
81.24
Percentile
100%
References
494
Citations per year

Authors

11

Topics & keywords

Topics
Keywords
  • Organic solar cell
  • Chemistry
  • Photovoltaics
  • Acceptor
  • Indene
  • Fullerene
  • Nanotechnology
  • Indole test
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
No related works found for this paper.

Funding