Understanding the sources of energy loss in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells is outstanding importance for increasing power conversion energy. Herein, we employ a full quantum mechanics approach to determine rates charge transfer processes at acceptor–donor interface prototypical BHJ blend. It shown that recombination singlet (CT) state acceptor/donor (A/D) very fast, being most effective ...

Thanks to the rise of efficient push-pull non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells have reached a high level competitiveness with maximum power conversion efficiency over 18% for binary...

In recent years, since the introduction of bulk heterojunction concept in an organic solar cell, the efficiency is increased to ∼6%. The benefits of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells are drawing interest for applications in next-generation solar cells. In this study, we analyze the optimal top electrode for practical polymer solar cells (PSC) fabrication by utilizing the optical pro...

The use of templating method to synthesize the vanadyl 2,9,16,23-tetraphenoxy-29H,31H-phthalocyanine (VOPcPhO):[6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) composite nanotubes is presented here. VOPcPhO is a p-type material and PC71BM is an n-type material which acts as an electron donor and electron acceptor, respectively. Both materials have been studied due to their potential applicat...

The light absorption ability and morphology of the active components are two of the key factors that determine the energy conversion efficiency in organic solar cells (OSCs). Determining the relative importance of each of these aspects is decisive for the construction of more efficient OSCs. Here we introduce two p-extended derivatives of tetrathiafulvalene as electron donors for solution-proce...

Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells hold much promise as commercially viable sources of renewable energy due to their relatively inexpensive fabrication. Developing a fundamental knowledge of how processing conditions influence solar power conversion efficiency will enable rational and efficient design, optimization, and control of new organic solar cell materials. In this report, we use a ...

The evaluation of the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of new materials for organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaics is difficult due to the large number of processing parameters possible. An efficient procedure to determine the optimum conditions for thermal treatment of polymer-based bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices using in situ currentvoltage measurements is presented. The p...

The novelties in this paper are embodied in the fast interfacial charge transfer in α-Fe2O3-δCδ/FeVO4-x+δCx-δ@C bulk heterojunctions with controllable phase compositions. The carbon source-glucose plays an important role as the connecting bridge between the micelles in the solution, forming interfacial C-O, C-O-Fe and O-Fe-C bonds through dehydration and polymerization reactions. Then the extra...