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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Genene, Zewdneh
• Mammo, Wendimagegn
• Wang, Ergang
• Andersson, Mats R.

Titel

Recent Advances in n‐Type Polymers for All‐Polymer Solar Cells

Ist Teil von

• Advanced materials (Weinheim), 2019-05, Vol.31 (22), p.e1807275-n/a

Ort / Verlag

Germany: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Wiley Online Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• All‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs) based on n‐ and p‐type polymers have emerged as promising alternatives to fullerene‐based solar cells due to their unique advantages such as good chemical and electronic adjustability, and better thermal and photochemical stabilities. Rapid advances have been made in the development of n‐type polymers consisting of various electron acceptor units for all‐PSCs. So far, more than 200 n‐type polymer acceptors have been reported. In the last seven years, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of all‐PSCs rapidly increased and has now surpassed 10%, meaning they are approaching the performance of state‐of‐the‐art solar cells using fullerene derivatives as acceptors. This review discusses the design criteria, synthesis, and structure–property relationships of n‐type polymers that have been used in all‐PSCs. Additionally, it highlights the recent progress toward photovoltaic performance enhancement of binary, ternary, and tandem all‐PSCs. Finally, the challenges and prospects for further development of all‐PSCs are briefly considered. The rapid development of n‐type polymers has boosted the efficiency of all‐polymer solar cells, which has improved from 2% to 10% in only seven years. There is a strong need to summarize the design criteria, synthesis, structure–property relationships and recent advances of n‐type polymers, which is addressed in this review. Moreover, the challenges and prospects for further development of all‐PSCs are briefly discussed.