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COMMENTS AND OPINIONS

Over 1 cm2 flexible organic solar cells

Wei Pan1, Yunfei Han1, Zhenguo Wang1, Qun Luo1, , Changqi Ma1, and Liming Ding2,

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 Corresponding author: Qun Luo, qluo2011@sinano.ac.cn; Changqi Ma, cqma2011@sinano.ac.cn; Liming Ding, ding@nanoctr.cn

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Fig. 1.  (Color online) Transparency and sheet resistance of the transparent conducting electrodes (reproduced with copyright permission from SPIE publisher)[6].

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Fig. 2.  (Color online) (a) Photographs of the large-area flexible OSCs. (b) J–V characteristics and (c) EQE spectra of the large-area flexible solar cells with PET/Ag/Cu grid electrodes. (d) J–V characteristics and (e) EQE spectra of the large-area flexible solar cells with PET/ITO electrodes (reproduced with copyright permission from Wiley-VCH)[16].

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Fig. 3.  (Color online) (a) Sketch of spin coating and slot-die coating. (b) The small-area rigid device and large-area flexible device. (c) The chemical structures of PTB7-Th, PC71BM, and COi8DFIC. (d) Optical microscopy and SEM images of the PET/silver-grid substrate. (e) Comparison of this work with reported PCEs for flexible devices made by slot-die coating (reproduced with copyright permission from Wiley-VCH)[4].

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Fig. 4.  (Color online) (a) Schematic diagram for the high-speed gravure printing process used to print silver nanowire electrodes. (b) Efficiency distribution diagram for the devices with PET/AgNWs-GV, PET/AgNWs-SP, and glass/ITO electrodes (reproduced with copyright permission from Wiley-VCH)[3].

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Fig. 5.  (Color online) The PCEs for small-area OSCs[1, 2, 28–35], large-area OSCs (>1 cm2)[3, 10, 11, 16, 36–41], and flexible OSC modules[4, 27, 37, 38, 42–47].

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Table 1.   The performance data for large-area flexible OSCs (> 1 cm2) (Fig. 5).

YearArea (cm2)PCE (%)ElectrodeDevice structureFabrication techniqueRef.
20051.21PEDOT:PSSPEDOT:PSS/α-NPD/C60/BCP/Mg:AlSpin coating[36]
2007101.6ITOPET/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM/AlDoctor blading[37]
200912.7ITOPET/ITO/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/PEDOT:PSS/SilverScreen printing[38]
201041.93Ag gridPEN/Ag grid/HC-PEDOT/P3HT:PCBM/LiF/AlSpin coating[39]
20131.211.36Ag gridPET/Ag grid/PH1000/PEDOT:PSS-4083/P3HT:PCBB-C8/LiF/AlSpin coating[11]
20141.215.85Ag gridPET/Ag grid/PH1000/ZnO/PFN/PTB7:PC71BM/MoO3/AgSpin coating[10]
201547.09AgPET/Ag/PFN/PTB7-Th:PC71BM/MoO3/Ag/MoO3Spin coating[34]
20171.258.28Ag gridPET/Ag grid/PTB7-Th:p-DTS(FBTTH2)2:PC71BM/MoO3/AgSlot-die[40]
20182.037.6Ag/TiOxAg/TiOx/ZnO/PTB7-Th:ITIC/PEDOT:PSSDoctor blading[41]
2019112.26Ag/Cu gridPET/Ag/Cu grid/E100/ZnO/PBDB-TF:IT-4F/MoO3/AlSpin coating[16]
2020113.6Ag NWsPET/Ag NWs/ZnO/PM6:Y6/MoO3/AlSpin coating[3]
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Table 2.   The performance data for flexible OSC modules (Fig. 5).

YearArea (cm2)PCE (%)ElectrodeDevice structureFabrication techniqueRef.
200516.80.04PEDOT:PSSPET/PEDOT:PSS/MDMO-PPV:PCBM/AlDoctor blading[42]
200717.11.5ITOPET/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM/AlDoctor blading[37]
2008532.52ITOPET/ITO/ PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM/ LiF/AlSpin coating[43]
20091202.1ITOPET/ITO/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/PEDOT:PSS/SilverScreen printing[38]
2013661.6Ag gridPET/Ag grid/PEDOT:PSS/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/PEDOT:PSS/Ag gridSlot-die[44]
201483Ag gridPET/Ag grid/PEDOT/ZnO/PDTSTTz-4:PCBM/PEDOT/AgSlot-die[45]
2016354.2FTOPET/FTO/PBTZT-stat-BDTT-8:PCBM/PEDOT:PSS/AgSlot-die[46]
201710.56.5AgPES/Ag/PEI/P3HT:ICBA/PEI:m-PEDOT:PSS/PTB7-Th:PCBM/PEDOT:PSS/Ag gridSpin coating[47]
2019158.9ITOPET/ITO/ZnO/active layer (PTB7-Th: PC71BM or PBDB-T: ITIC)/MoO3/AgSlot-die[27]
20202510.09Ag gridPET/Ag grid/ZnO/PTB7-Th:COi8DFIC:PC71BM/MoO3/AgSlot-die[4]
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      Wei Pan, Yunfei Han, Zhenguo Wang, Qun Luo, Changqi Ma, Liming Ding. Over 1 cm2 flexible organic solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(5): 050301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/5/050301 W Pan, Y F Han, Z G Wang, Q Luo, C Q Ma, L M Ding, Over 1 cm2 flexible organic solar cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2021, 42(5): 050301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/5/050301.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Wei Pan, Yunfei Han, Zhenguo Wang, Qun Luo, Changqi Ma, Liming Ding. Over 1 cm2 flexible organic solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(5): 050301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/5/050301

      W Pan, Y F Han, Z G Wang, Q Luo, C Q Ma, L M Ding, Over 1 cm2 flexible organic solar cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2021, 42(5): 050301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/5/050301.
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        Pintable Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (CAS), Suzhou 215123, China

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        Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China

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        Wei Pan is a MS student in Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (CAS). He obtained his BS from Wuhan Institute of Technology in 2018. His work focuses on interface engineering in flexible/large-area organic solar cells

        Qun Luo received her PhD form Zhejiang University in 2011. Then she worked as a postdoc at Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (CAS). Currently she is an associate professor at Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics. Her research interests include inks for printed photovoltaics and interface engineering in flexible/large-area printed solar cells

        Changqi Ma received his PhD at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (CAS) with Professor Baowen Zhang. After that, he worked as a postdoc at Heriot-Watt University (UK) with Dr. Graeme Cooke, and then he joined Peter Bäuerle group at University of Ulm in 2004 as a Humboldt fellow. From January 2007 to May 2011, he did his Habilitation at Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, Ulm University. In June 2011, he joined Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics as a professor. His research focuses on printing processing and stability of organic solar cells

        Liming Ding got his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China (was a joint student at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS). He started his research on OSCs and PLEDs in Olle Inganäs Lab in 1998. Later on, he worked at National Center for Polymer Research, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Argonne National Lab (USA). He joined Konarka as a Senior Scientist in 2008. In 2010, he joined National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as a professor. His research focuses on functional materials and devices. He is RSC Fellow, the nominator for Xplorer Prize, and the Associate Editors for Science Bulletin and Journal of Semiconductors

      • Corresponding author: qluo2011@sinano.ac.cn; cqma2011@sinano.ac.cn; ding@nanoctr.cn
      • Received Date: 2021-02-06
      • Published Date: 2021-05-10

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