Preface to the Special Issue of ChemSusChem on Advanced Organic Solar Cells

Christoph J Brabec; Martin Heeney; Youngkyoo Kim; Christine K Luscombe

doi:10.1002/cssc.202101600

Preface to the Special Issue of ChemSusChem on Advanced Organic Solar Cells

ChemSusChem. 2021 Sep 6;14(17):3426-3427. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202101600. Epub 2021 Aug 19.

Authors

Christoph J Brabec^{1

2}, Martin Heeney³, Youngkyoo Kim⁴, Christine K Luscombe^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Martensstrasse 7, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
² Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11), Immerwahrstrasse 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
³ Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, White City Campus, London, W12 0BZ, United Kingdom.
⁴ Organic Nanoelectronics Laboratory, KNU Institute for Nanophotonics Applications (KINPA), Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
⁶ Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.

PMID: 34409751
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101600

Abstract

Organic solar cells have garnered much interest as an Earth-abundant and low-energy-production renewable energy source. In their Editorial to the Special Issue on Advanced Organic Solar Cells, Guest Editors Christoph Brabec, Martin Heeney, Youngkyoo Kim, and Christine Luscombe introduce this exciting field and discuss some of the Special Issue's contents.

Keywords: donor-acceptor systems; nonfullerene acceptors; polymers; renewable energy; solar cells.

Publication types

Editorial