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Could a high-efficiency solar cell improve energy conversion rates?

Researchers in China have developed a novel high-efficiency solar cell that promises to enhance energy conversion rates significantly.

How efficient is an ultra-thin organic solar cell?

Earlier this year, a research team from Wuhan University of Technology and Central South University fabricated an ultra-thin organic solar cell with a bilayer hole transport layer that achieved an efficiency of 17%. This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused.

Can a non-fullerene acceptor improve solar power conversion efficiency?

A team of scientists from Wuhan University of Technology in China improved the power conversion efficiency of an organic solar cell after fabricating a device using a newly designed non-fullerene acceptor.

What is ternary organic solar cell (OSC)?

Nature Energy 9, 930–931 (2024) Cite this article A high-performance ternary organic solar cell (OSC) is developed through rational design of a nonfullerene guest acceptor. The optimized single-junction OSC shows reduced photon and carrier losses, leading to a high power conversion efficiency of more than 20%.

What is a perovskite/organic solar cell?

Perovskite/organic TSCs, which feature a wide-bandgap perovskite solar cell at the front and a narrow-bandgap organic solar cell at the back, have gained popularity for their stability and potential for high power conversion efficiency.

How efficient is a tandem solar cell?

The new breakthrough adds to a recent achievement by a team of researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, who reached a record power conversion efficiency of 28.49% for an all-perovskite tandem solar cell.

Chinese scientists achieve record efficiency on organic solar cells

Chinese scientists have achieved a record 17.3 percent power conversion efficiency on organic solar cells, marking a step forward in the wide application of the green …

Advances in organic solar cells: Materials, progress, challenges …

Research explores alternatives like organic/polymeric SCs, perovskite, quantum dot cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), and multi-junction cells to achieve high …

Small‐Molecular Donor Based Efficient Organic Solar Cells with ...

Comprehensive Summary Small-molecular organic solar cells usually exhibited unsatisfactory device stability, which might originate from their molecular diffusion behaviors. ... Renewable …

Perovskite–organic solar cell sets efficiency record with new design

By combining a treated perovskite layer with an organic layer that has a narrow bandgap of 1.27 eV, the resulting perovskite–organic solar cell achieved a power conversion …

Chinese Scientists Develop Novel High-efficiency Solar Cell

An international team led by scientists with the Institute of Chemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new type of high-efficiency solar cell. The …

Chinese scientists develop novel high-efficiency solar cell

The perovskite-organic tandem solar cell can achieve a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 26.4 percent, the highest efficiency for such solar cells to date, …

Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency …

Organic semiconductors offer the advantage of high optical absorption and tunable energy levels, enabling thin-film solar cells with high light-to-electron conversion …

Chinese scientists develop novel high-efficiency solar cell

The perovskite-organic tandem solar cell can achieve a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 26.4 percent, the highest efficiency for such solar cells to date, …

Single-junction organic solar cells with a power conversion …

Nature Energy - A high-performance ternary organic solar cell (OSC) is developed through rational design of a nonfullerene guest acceptor. The optimized single …

20.4% Power conversion efficiency from albedo-collecting organic solar …

Highly efficient bifacial organic solar cells (OSCs) have not been reported due to limited thickness of the active layer in conventional configurations, not allowing for efficient …

20.4% Power conversion efficiency from albedo-collecting organic …

Highly efficient bifacial organic solar cells (OSCs) have not been reported due to limited thickness of the active layer in conventional configurations, not allowing for efficient …

Material and device design for organic solar cells: towards …

Organic solar cells (OSCs) have garnered significant attention as a novel photovoltaic technology and have been extensively investigated. In recent years, OSCs have …

China: Record-breaking PV-organic solar cells hit 26.4% efficiency

Researchers in China have developed a novel high-efficiency solar cell that promises to enhance energy conversion rates significantly.

Efficient and Stable Air‐Processed Organic Solar Cells Enabled by …

Current high-efficiency organic solar cells (OSCs) are generally fabricated in an inert atmosphere that limits their real-world scalable manufacturing, while the efficiencies of air …

China achieves record-breaking 26.4% efficiency in PV-organic …

The record-breaking efficiency achieved by PV-organic tandem solar cells in China represents a significant milestone in solar energy technology. By leveraging the …

China achieves record-breaking 26.4% efficiency in PV-organic solar cells.

The record-breaking efficiency achieved by PV-organic tandem solar cells in China represents a significant milestone in solar energy technology. By leveraging the …

Chinese scientists achieve record-breaking 20% efficiency in single ...

A team of scientists from Wuhan University of Technology in China improved the power conversion efficiency of an organic solar cell after fabricating a device using a newly …

Enhancing photostability and power conversion efficiency of organic …

The field has witnessed the rapid growth in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) over the past decade, reaching the threshold for practical …

Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part II device engineering)

Organic solar cells (OSCs) have gained a rapid development in the past two decades and the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of single-junction OSC has recently approached 20%. The …

Two compatible M-series acceptors form a well-mixed phase

The M-series molecules with a ladder-type fused-ring core are promising acceptors (A) for organic solar cells (OSCs) owing to their excellent optoelectronic properties …

Efficient organic solar cells with a printed p–i–n stack enabled by …

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are key in enhancing the charge extraction interface of organic solar cells (OSCs), recently hitting a 20% power conversion efficiency (PCE). …

China has developed organic laminated solar cells to achieve the ...

The team has made an important breakthrough in the field of photovoltaic technology by combining a wide-band gap perovskite solar cell with an organic solar cell to …