Issue 35, 2020

Recent progress in wide bandgap conjugated polymer donors for high-performance nonfullerene organic photovoltaics

Abstract

In the last five years, the tremendous progress achieved in the field of polymer solar cells (PSCs) has attracted extensive attention to this emerging technology for exploiting renewable energy. Owing to their excellent optoelectronic features and outstanding manufacturability for film deposition, wide bandgap (WBG) polymer donors have become a leading component in bulk heterojunction layers and thus, a correlative review focusing on their molecular design, aggregation behavior and photovoltaic properties is necessary. In this feature article, we summarize our recent efforts in developing WBG polymer donors and understanding the charge separation and non-radiative recombination energy loss in high-performance non-fullerene (NF) PSCs. We also discuss the opportunities and challenges towards the realization of the commercialization of NF PSCs based on WBG polymer donors.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress in wide bandgap conjugated polymer donors for high-performance nonfullerene organic photovoltaics

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
10 Feb 2020
Accepted
23 Mar 2020
First published
23 Mar 2020

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 4750-4760

Recent progress in wide bandgap conjugated polymer donors for high-performance nonfullerene organic photovoltaics

C. An, Z. Zheng and J. Hou, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 4750 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01038C

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