Orientation dependent molecular electrostatics drives efficient charge generation in homojunction organic solar cells

Though single-material organic solar cells are attractive for next-generation photovoltaic technologies, designing new materials with ideal properties remains a challenge. Here, the authors report the use of orientation-dependent molecular electrostatics to realise efficient homojunction devices.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yifan Dong, Vasileios C. Nikolis, Felix Talnack, Yi-Chun Chin, Johannes Benduhn, Giacomo Londi, Jonas Kublitski, Xijia Zheng, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Donato Spoltore, Luca Muccioli, Jing Li, Xavier Blase, David Beljonne, Ji-Seon Kim, Artem A. Bakulin, Gabriele D’Avino, James R. Durrant, Koen Vandewal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18439-z