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Efficient organic solar cells processed from green solvents
Science News from research organizations 1 . 2 . Efficient organic solar cells processed from green solvents . Date: November 29, 2021 Source: Link?ping University Summary: A small guest molecule in the right place makes it possible to produce energy-efficient organic solar cells using eco-friendly solvents. A record efficiency over 17% is demonstrated. In addition, solar cells with larger areas can be produced. Share: FULL STORY A small guest molecule in the right place makes it possible to produce energy-efficient organic solar cells using eco-friendly solvents. A record efficiency over 17% is demonstrated. In addition, solar cells with larger areas can be produced. "This is a major step towards large-scale industrial manufacture of efficient and stable organic solar cells," says Feng Gao, professor in the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) at Link?ping University. The result has been published in Nature Energy. advertisement Developments in organic solar cells are rapid, and the maximum energy efficiency achieved by solar cells produced in the laboratory is currently over 18%. The energy efficiency measures how large a fraction of the energy in sunlight is converted to useful energy in the solar cells. The efficiency limit is considered to be around 24% for organic solar cells. One challenge is to manufacture organic solar cells that are sufficiently stable to function for ten years or more. Another challenge is that the highest energy is achieved in solar cells manufactured in solutions that contain toxic solvents, with a relatively low boiling point. The low boiling point causes problems during the manufacture, since the solution evaporates slightly too rapidly. The use of more eco-friendly solvents with higher boiling points leads immediately to a decrease in energy efficiency. This is a dilemma that researchers all over the world are working to solve. These problems have now been solved in a joint project led by researchers at Link?ping University in Sweden and Soochow University in China. They have managed to manufacture a solar cell, using a solution with a high boiling point and without any toxic ingredients, whose energy efficiency is better than 17%. In addition, the green-solvent processed solar module with an area of 36 cm 2 shows a power conversion efficiency over 14%. This is the highest efficiency reported to date for organic solar cell modules with an active area exceeding 20 cm 2. Both of these breakthroughs are important for organic solar cell technology to make its commercial breakthrough at a large scale. "Our results now open for the manufacture of organic solar cells at larger scales for outdoor use," says postdoc Rui Zhang, who works with Professor Feng Gao in the Electronic and Photonic Materials Division, Link?ping University. The function of organic solar cells has improved step-by-step. When sunlight in the form of photons is absorbed in an organic semiconducting donor, an "excited state" forms. Electrons jump to a higher energy level and create holes at the lower energy level, to which they are, however, still attracted. The electrons are not fully freed, and a photocurrent does not arise. The researchers conducted experiments in which they added various acceptor materials, which accept electrons and thus allow them to become free, giving rise to a photocurrent. A couple of years ago, Chinese researchers developed a new acceptor material, named Y6, which can deliver high efficiency for organic solar cells. What the work described in this joint publication has now achieved is to find a guest molecule, known as BTO, that ensures that Y6 molecules in the solar cell are packed in such a close and stable manner in the green solvents that the photocurrent can be generated efficiently. Adding BTO also enables larger areas of the solar cells to be manufactured with high efficiency. "Our strategy leads to clear design rules for optimising the interaction between organic donors and acceptors in multicomponent blends, meeting the critical requirements for future development of organic photovoltaic technology, says Professor Yaowen Li, Soochow University. make a difference: sponsored opportunity Story Source: Materials provided by Link?ping University . Original written by Monica Westman Svenselius. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Journal Reference : Haiyang Chen, Rui Zhang, Xiaobin Chen, Guang Zeng, Libor Kobera, Sabina Abbrent, Ben Zhang, Weijie Chen, Guiying Xu, Jiyeon Oh, So-Huei Kang, Shanshan Chen, Changduk Yang, Jiri Brus, Jianhui Hou, Feng Gao, Yaowen Li, Yongfang Li. A guest-assisted molecular-organization approach for >17% efficiency organic solar cells using environmentally friendly solvents . Nature Energy , 2021; 6 (11): 1045 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00923-5 . Cite This Page : MLA . APA . Chicago . Link?ping University. "Efficient organic solar cells processed from green solvents." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 29 November 2021. . Link?ping University. (2021, November 29). Efficient organic solar cells processed from green solvents. ScienceDaily . Retrieved November 30, 2021 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211129105650.htm Link?ping University. "Efficient organic solar cells processed from green solvents." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211129105650.htm (accessed November 30, 2021). RELATED TOPICS Matter & Energy Solar Energy . Organic Chemistry . Energy and Resources . Graphene . Earth & Climate Energy and the Environment . Renewable Energy . Environmental Science . Sustainability . advertisement RELATED TERMS Solar cell . Renewable energy . Solar panel . History of Earth . Alternative fuel vehicle . Battery (electricity) . Hadley cell . 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