On the Efficiency Limit of Conjugated Polymer:Fullerene-Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Markus C Scharber

doi:10.1002/adma.201504914

On the Efficiency Limit of Conjugated Polymer:Fullerene-Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Adv Mater. 2016 Mar 9;28(10):1994-2001. doi: 10.1002/adma.201504914. Epub 2016 Jan 12.

Author

Markus C Scharber¹

Affiliation

¹ Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria.

PMID: 26757236
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504914

Abstract

The power conversion efficiency potential of eight high-performance polymer-fullerene blends is investigated. All studied absorbers show the typical organic solar cell losses limiting their performance to ≈13%.

Keywords: bulk heterojunction solar cells; fullerenes; organic semiconductors; polymers.