Organic solar cells are cheap, have reduced toxicity and made from light materials. Yet, they have low efficacy and their power conversion efficiency threshold is just 13% up to now. Despite the priority of high efficiency, the sturdiness of the device and the huge scale manufacture has to be taken into account to create competitive organic solar cells with other thin film photovoltaic technologies.
A study team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has developed ternary organic solar cells using enhanced energy harvesting parameters. The researchers have utilized solution-processing techniques to produce efficient organic solar cell. The researchers also have added one additional ingredient to the solar mobile material to make a ternary mixture. The obtained solar mobile is made up of 2 light-capturing atoms, namely ion donor and electron acceptor, and a third element, a dual-acting electron donor named BIT-4F-T.
Powerful
The developed organic solar cell can be formulated into inks for low-cost production and published on substances, for instance, it can
be printed on plastics. The cell features enhanced stability under light, thermal, and shelf-life conditions. The solar panel is a low-cost option to silicon solar technologies.
Cost Effective
The developed ternary solar cells includes a enhanced energy harvesting parameters. The Accession of the dual-acting third component increases the productivity of the solar panel by 15% compared to a two-component solar cell, resulting in accomplishment a total solar power conversion efficiency of 14%. Moreover, the solar panel features complementary lighting absorption to harvest more light.
The findings reveal the possibility of enhancing all photovoltaic parameters concurrently in the solar cell device and realization of highly efficient organic solar cells. The research study provides a plan allowing to develop device architectures for commercially viable organic photovoltaics. The developed ternary organic solar material is attractive element in third-generation solar power harvesting cells because of their ability to increase apparatus energy-harvesting efficiency.
Such features will allow it to be applied on car roofs, clothes, and different mobile devices. The solar cell will gain the energy and portable electronics
industries.
