Towards a bright future: The versatile applications of organic solar cells

Junjiang Wu; Mengyuan Gao; Yubo Chai; Pengke Liu; Bo Zhang; Junwei Liu; Long Ye

Materials Reports: Energy (Nov 2021)

Towards a bright future: The versatile applications of organic solar cells

Junjiang Wu,
Mengyuan Gao,
Yubo Chai,
Pengke Liu,
Bo Zhang,
Junwei Liu,
Long Ye

Affiliations

Junjiang Wu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
Mengyuan Gao: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
Yubo Chai: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
Pengke Liu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
Bo Zhang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
Junwei Liu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, PR China; Corresponding author. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China.
Long Ye: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, PR China; Corresponding author. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 4
p. 100062

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Due to the mechanical flexibility, light weight, aesthetics, absorption tunability and environmental friendliness, organic solar cells (OSCs) have superior application potential over their inorganic counterparts including silicon and perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Thanks to these benefits, the past decade have witnessed the rapid growth of flexible OSCs, semitransparent OSCs and indoor OSCs. In this progress report, we firstly overview the recent advance of the applications of the three promising OSCs. Subsequently, we sketch the critical points for the three classes of OSCs and highlight the efforts paid by the research community to address these issues. Besides, we discuss some popular strategies to afford great performance of each kind of OSC, respectively, and underline the corresponding breakthrough directions. Last but not least, we present the remaining challenges for advancing the commercial applications of these three classes of OSCs.

Published in Materials Reports: Energy

ISSN: 2666-9358 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/materials-reports-energy/

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