Towards Green Synthesis and Processing of Organic Solar Cells.

conjugated polymers direct arylation energy payback time green chemistry organic solar cells

Journal

Chemical record (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1528-0691
Titre abrégé: Chem Rec
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101085550

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Historique:
received: 30 08 2018
revised: 10 12 2018
pubmed: 16 1 2019
medline: 16 1 2019
entrez: 16 1 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

In 2018, several major breakthroughs have been achieved in organic solar cells (OSCs) with the record power conversion efficiency (PCE) reaching over 17 %. With this increased efficiency, it is time to take a step forward to consider how to convert this technology into large scale production. For this, the economic and environmental profile of OSCs should be taken seriously-simplified synthetic routes and green chemistry methods should be applied. According to previous studies, OSCs are competitive and profitable in the commercial market. However, toxic and/or hazardous chemicals are currently used in materials synthesis and device fabrication of OSCs. In this account, we will talk about contributions and efforts we have made to minimize the economic and environmental disadvantages in the production of OSCs. We will start with the background on how our projects were conceived and will specifically discuss our work on direct arylation and green solvent. Developments of direct arylation for synthesizing conjugated polymers will be illustrated along with our recent finding regarding the effect of green solvents on device performance and stability.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30645032
doi: 10.1002/tcr.201800145
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

1039-1049

Subventions

Organisme : NSF
ID : CHE-1700982

Informations de copyright

© 2019 The Chemical Society of Japan & Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Auteurs

Yunping Huang (Y)

Department of Material Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195.

Christine K Luscombe (CK)

Department of Material Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195.
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195.

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