Although the absolute performance of an all-polymer solar cell (about 2.8 percent efficiency) pales in comparison to the state-of-the-art silicon cells (which can top 15 percent efficiency), ...

Polymer solar cells may lag behind traditional silicon solar cells in longevity and efficiency, but could ultimately power autonomous remote sensors and wearable technology Date: February 20, 2018 ...

But polymer solar cells haven’t been widely adopted because their efficiency remains low. Ade is collaborating with Jianhui Hou, a chemist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

Recent progress in the development of polymer solar cells has improved power-conversion efficiencies from 3% to almost 9%. Based on semiconducting polymers, these solar cells are fabricated from ...

Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency. Nature Photonics , 2014; 8 (9): 716 DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.172 Cite This Page : ...

Research in polymer-based solar cells has long held the promise of cheap deployments of solar arrays harvesting energy at efficiencies reaching that of the standard silicon solar cells. Beijing ...

Organic solar cells (OSCs), which can be applied to flexible wearable electronic devices, indoor light-harvesting applications, building-integrated photovoltaics, and the internet of things, have ...

All-polymer blend solar cells are formed by combining two polymer solutions that solidify into a film on an electrode with in the form of interpenetrating networks, a kind of “phase-separation”.

The inferior long-term stability of polymer-based solar cells needs to be overcome for their commercialization to be viable. In particular, an abrupt decrease in performance during initial device ...

More information: Lina Shen et al, Ultrathin polymer membrane for improved hole extraction and ion blocking in perovskite solar cells, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55329-0 ...