Challenges and opportunities in upscaling inkjet-printing of OPV

The power conversion efficiency and long-term stability of organic solar cells have increased tremendously over the past years, reaching up to 19.2% on research cells and 14.5% on large modules. To take the final step towards industrialization, fabrication methods that can be upscaled and directly i...

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Published in:Flexible and printed electronics 2024-12, Vol.9 (4), p.43001
Main Authors: Steinberger, Marc, Xie, Qingguang, Ronsin, Olivier J J, Maisch, Philipp, Tam, Kai Cheong, Distler, Andreas, Harting, Jens, Brabec, Christoph J, Egelhaaf, Hans-Joachim
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Language:English
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inkjet-printing
organic photovoltaics
upscaling
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Summary:The power conversion efficiency and long-term stability of organic solar cells have increased tremendously over the past years, reaching up to 19.2% on research cells and 14.5% on large modules. To take the final step towards industrialization, fabrication methods that can be upscaled and directly implemented in industrial processes need to be developed. In recent years, well-known industrial techniques, like drop-on-demand inkjet printing, have been further developed within the organic photovoltaics (OPV) community, as it enables versatile printing of arbitrary, free-form organic solar modules with different colors-a key feature for modern building-integrated photovoltaics and several niche applications of OPV printed on any kind object. In this review, aside a brief summary of recent developments, we provide an overview of the biggest challenges in OPV inkjet-printing and define design rules to overcome these issues. Further perspectives of OPV inkjet-printing conclude the review.
ISSN:2058-8585
2058-8585
DOI:10.1088/2058-8585/ad7ece