Open circuit voltage of organic solar cells: an in-depth review

被引:695
作者
Elumalai, Naveen Kumar [1 ]
Uddin, Ashraf [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch Photovolta & Renewable Energy Engn, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
关键词
CHARGE-TRANSFER STATE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-INTENSITY DEPENDENCE; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE; DETAILED BALANCE; POLYMER; ENERGY; DONOR; PERFORMANCE;
D O I
10.1039/c5ee02871j
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have developed progressively in efficiency over the last two decades. Though it is promising, this technology is still far from realizing its full prospect. One of the most important parameters that determine the efficiency of OSCs is the open-circuit voltage (V-OC), which represents the maximum voltage a solar cell can provide to an external circuit. Light harvesting materials employed in OSCs have an optical band gap of around 1.7 to 2.1 eV and yet the V-OC barely exceeds 1.0 V, which is approximately just half of the photon's original energy. By contrast, in inorganic counterparts such as Si, CIGS and GaAs, the difference is only 0.3 to 0.45 eV between the material bandgap and V-OC. Hence, to achieve higher power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) in OSCs, a detailed understanding of the origins of V-OC and the associated energetic loss mechanisms is indispensable. The presented review takes the opportunity to elaborate various governing mechanisms and factors affecting the V-OC from a comprehensive yet insightful standpoint. This report also provides a concise synthesis of intricate interdependencies among the factors influencing V-OC and highlights the potential research strategies to improve V-OC, rendering possible pathways to facilitate the viable commercialization of OSCs.
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