journal article·2025-02

Synergistic Multimodal Energy Dissipation Enhances Certified Efficiency of Flexible Organic Photovoltaics beyond 19%

Haojie Li, Jinglin Le, Hao Tan, Lin Hu, Xin Li, Kai Zhang, Shumin Zeng, Qianjin Liu, Meng Zhang, Linfeng Shi, Zheren Cai, Siqi Liu, Hongxiang Li, Long Ye, Xiaotian Hu, Yiwang Chen

Advanced Materials· Volume 37· Issue 5
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Abstract

Abstract All‐polymer organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown unparalleled application potential in the field of flexible wearable electronics in recent years due to the excellent mechanical and photovoltaic properties. However, the small molecule acceptors after polymerization in still retain some mechanical and aggregation properties of the small molecule, falling short of the ductility requirements for flexible devices. Here, based on the multimodal energy dissipation theory, the mechanical and photovoltaic properties of flexible devices are co‐enhanced by adding the thermoplastic elastomer material (polyurethane, PU) to the PM6:PBQx‐TF:PY‐IT‐based active layer films. The construction of multi‐fiber network structure and the decrease of films’ residual stresses contribute to the enhancement of carrier transport properties and the decrease of defect state density. Eventually, the PCE (power conversion efficiency) of 19.40% is achieved on the flexible devices with an effective area of 0.102 cm 2 , and the third‐party certified PCE reaches 19.07%, which is the highest PCE for flexible OSCs currently available. To further validate the potential of this strategy for large‐area module applications, the 25‐cm 2 ‐based flexible and super‐flexible modules are prepared with the PCEs of 15.48% and 14.61%, respectively, and demonstration applications are implemented.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/ Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC) Nanchang University 999 Xuefu Avenue Nanchang 330031 China

China‐Australia Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (IAMM) Jiaxing University Jiaxing 314001 China

School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China

Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics Nantong 226010 China

School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/ Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education Jiangxi Normal University 99 Ziyang Avenue Nanchang 330022 China

College of Polymer Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Nantong Municipal Science and Technology Bureau

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