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Progress and Future Potential of All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Based on the Benzodithiophene Donor Material.
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Molecules . Apr2023, Vol. 28 Issue 7, p3171. 46p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Organic solar cells have obtained a prodigious amount of attention in photovoltaic research due to their unique features of light weight, low cost, eco-friendliness, and semitransparency. A rising trend in this field is the development of all-small-molecules organic solar cells (ASM-OSCs) due to their merits of excellent batch-to-batch reproducibility, well-defined structures, and simple purification. Among the numerous organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials, benzodithiophene (BDT)-based small molecules have come to the fore in achieving outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE) and breaking the 17% efficiency barrier in single-junction OPV devices, indicating the significant potential of this class of materials in commercial photovoltaic applications. This review specially focuses on up-to-date information about improvements in BDT-based ASM-OSCs since 2011 and provides an outlook on the most significant challenges that remain in the field. We believe there will be more exciting BDT-based photovoltaic materials and devices developed in the near future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOLAR cells
*PHOTOVOLTAIC power systems
*SMALL molecules
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14203049
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Molecules
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163042157
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28073171