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Solar Cells: Quaternary Organic Solar Cells Enhanced by Cocrystalline Squaraines with Power Conversion Efficiencies >10% (Adv. Energy Mater. 21/2016)
Author(s) -
Goh Tenghooi,
Huang JingShun,
Yager Kevin G.,
Sfeir Matthew Y.,
Nam ChangYong,
Tong Xiao,
Guard Louise M.,
Melvin Patrick R.,
Antonio Francisco,
Bartolome Benjamin G.,
Lee Minjoo L.,
Hazari Nilay,
Taylor André D.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201670126
Subject(s) - materials science , energy conversion efficiency , organic solar cell , energy transformation , hybrid solar cell , optoelectronics , chemical engineering , polymer solar cell , composite material , physics , engineering , thermodynamics , polymer
The first highly efficient single junction quaternary blend solar cells that break efficiency above 10% with complementary squaraine small molecules and low band‐gap polymer combinations are reported by Nilay Hazari, André D. Taylor and co‐workers in article number 1600660. The quaternary design demonstrates several advantages: (i) broader light absorption, (ii) improved surface morphology, (iii) enhanced co‐crystallization packing, (iv) multiple energy and charge transfer pathways to reduce recombination, and (v) increased charge mobility.