Citation: Chengcheng Xie, Chengyi Xiao, Hongshuo Niu, Guitao Feng, Weiwei Li. Mesoporous organic solar cells[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(11): 109849. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109849 shu

Mesoporous organic solar cells

Chengcheng Xie ^{a, b} ,
Chengyi Xiao ^{b, *,} ,
Hongshuo Niu ^b ,
Guitao Feng ^{c, *,} ,
Weiwei Li ^{b, *,}

a.
Engineering Research Center for Energy Conversion and Storage Technology of Guizhou, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
b.
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
c.
Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China

xiaocy@mail.buct.edu.cn

fengguitao@iccas.ac.cn

liweiwei@iccas.ac.cn

Received Date: 3 January 2024
Revised Date: 1 April 2024
Accepted Date: 1 April 2024
Available Online: 2 April 2024

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The device configuration with mesoporous titanium dioxide (m-TiO₂) has garnered considerable attention as a promising solution for high-stable perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells, although its application in organic solar cells remains unexplored. In this communication, we have incorporated this structure into both bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) and single-component organic solar cells (SCOSCs). Surprisingly, mesoporous OSCs (M-OSCs) demonstrate a deteriorative efficiency in BHJ-type cells, whereas this configuration succeeds in SCOSCs, exhibiting competitive performance with planar OSCs (P-OSCs). This pioneering study has resulted in a competitive power conversion efficiency of 9.67% for m-TiO₂-based cells, marking a significant milestone in the advancement of OSCs. Importantly, profiting from the better ultraviolet resistance of m-TiO₂ than zinc oxide, this M-OSC exhibits superior photostability than that of P-OSCs when subjected to continuous one-sun (AM1.5G) illumination. In its entirety, this research not only introduces the concept of M-OSCs for the first time but also unveils a novel device architecture poised to address the long-term stability concerns within the realm of OSCs.
- Mesoporous titanium dioxide,
- Single-component organic solar cells,
- Bulk-heterojunction,
- Ultraviolet resistance,
- Photostability
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