Organic photovoltaic cells with high efficiencies for both indoor and outdoor applications

Ye Xu, Huifeng Yao, Lijiao Ma, Ziang Wu, Yong Cui, Ling Hong, Yunfei Zu, Jingwen Wang, Han Young Woo, Jianhui Hou

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Abstract

Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells have highly tunable light-response ranges, enabling them to achieve high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) in various scenarios. Until now, most studies of these devices have focused on developing highly efficient OPV cells under the standard AM 1.5G solar radiation. However, light harvesting under indoor lighting conditions is also important, and OPV cells have successfully demonstrated their potential for indoor power generation. To meet the requirements of the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), it is very important to develop highly efficient OPV cells for both indoor and outdoor applications. Here, we report the design and synthesis of a non-fullerene acceptor HDO-4Cl, which has a well-matched absorption spectrum for both solar and indoor-light radiation spectra. As a result, these OPV cells based on PBDB-TF:HDO-4Cl yield a good PCE of 15.5% under AM 1.5G solar illumination and an impressive PCE of 23.4% under light-emitting dioxide illumination at 1000 lux. Our results suggest that OPV cells have great potential for use in various application scenarios.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)893-900
Number of pages8
JournalMaterials Chemistry Frontiers
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Jan 21

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFA0705900) funded by MOST and the Basic and Applied Basic Research Major Program of Guangdong Province (2019B030302007). J. H. acknowledges the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 21835006, 91633301, 51961135103, 51961165102, and 51673201). H. Y. thanks the financial support from the NSFC (21805287 and 22075301) and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (No. 2018043). J. H. is supported by Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS-CXXM-201903). H. Y. W. acknowledges the financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (Grants NRF-2020M3H4A3081814).

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Materials Chemistry

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