Recent Advances in n-Type Polymers for All-Polymer Solar Cells
Reviewartikel, 2019

© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) based on n- and p-type polymers have emerged as promising alternatives to fullerene-based solar cells due to their unique advantages such as good chemical and electronic adjustability, and better thermal and photochemical stabilities. Rapid advances have been made in the development of n-type polymers consisting of various electron acceptor units for all-PSCs. So far, more than 200 n-type polymer acceptors have been reported. In the last seven years, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of all-PSCs rapidly increased and has now surpassed 10%, meaning they are approaching the performance of state-of-the-art solar cells using fullerene derivatives as acceptors. This review discusses the design criteria, synthesis, and structure–property relationships of n-type polymers that have been used in all-PSCs. Additionally, it highlights the recent progress toward photovoltaic performance enhancement of binary, ternary, and tandem all-PSCs. Finally, the challenges and prospects for further development of all-PSCs are briefly considered.

polymer solar cells

donor–acceptor polymers

n-type polymers

power conversion efficiency

polymer acceptors

Författare

Zewdneh Genene

Ambo University

W. Mammo

Addis Ababa University

Ergang Wang

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Mats Andersson

Flinders University

Advanced Materials

09359648 (ISSN) 15214095 (eISSN)

Vol. 31 22 1807275

Ämneskategorier

Polymerkemi

Polymerteknologi

Materialkemi

DOI

10.1002/adma.201807275

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2019-11-08