journal article·2021-12

Low‐Bandgap Organic Bulk‐Heterojunction Enabled Efficient and Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Shengfan Wu, Zhen Li, Jie Zhang, Xin Wu, Xiang Deng, Yiming Liu, Jingkun Zhou, Chunyi Zhi, Xinge Yu, Wallace C. H. Choy, Zonglong Zhu, Alex K.‐Y. Jen

Advanced Materials· Volume 33· Issue 51
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Abstract

Abstract Lead halide perovskite and organic solar cells (PSCs and OSCs) are considered as the prime candidates currently for clean energy applications due to their solution and low‐temperature processibility. Nevertheless, the substantial photon loss in near‐infrared (NIR) region and relatively large photovoltage deficit need to be improved to enable their uses in high‐performance solar cells. To mitigate these disadvantages, low‐bandgap organic bulk‐heterojunction (BHJ) layer into inverted PSCs to construct facile hybrid solar cells (HSCs) is integrated. By optimizing the BHJ components, an excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 23.80%, with a decent open‐circuit voltage (Voc) of 1.146 V and extended photoresponse over 950 nm for rigid HSCs is achieved. The resultant devices also exhibit superior long‐term (over 1000 h) ambient‐ and photostability compared to those from single‐component PSCs and OSCs. More importantly, a champion PCE of 21.73% and excellent mechanical durability can also be achieved in flexible HSCs, which is the highest efficiency reported for flexible solar cells to date. Taking advantage of these impressive device performances, flexible HSCs into a power source for wearable sensors to demonstrate real‐time temperature monitoring are successfully integrated.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

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Affiliations

Department of Chemistry City University of Hong Kong Kowloon 999077 Hong Kong

Department of Materials Science and Engineering City University of Hong Kong Kowloon 999077 Hong Kong

Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy City University of Hong Kong Kowloon 999077 Hong Kong

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 P. R. China

Department of Biomedical Engineering City University of Hong Kong Kowloon 999077 Hong Kong

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Kowloon 999077 Hong Kong

Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA

Funding

City University of Hong Kong · Innovation and Technology Fund · Office of Naval Research · Electrochemical Society · Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province

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