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Stretchable solar cells

High-performance intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells based on flexible spacer incorporated dimerized small-molecule acceptors Author links open overlay panel Jin-Woo Lee a 1, Cheng Sun b c 1, Seungbok Lee d, Dong Jun Kim e, Eun Sung Oh e, Tan Ngoc-Lan Phan a, Trieu Hoang-Quan Nguyen a, Soodeok Seo a, Zhengping …

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High-performance intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells …

High-performance intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells based on flexible spacer incorporated dimerized small-molecule acceptors Author links open overlay panel Jin-Woo Lee a 1, Cheng Sun b c 1, Seungbok Lee d, Dong Jun Kim e, Eun Sung Oh e, Tan Ngoc-Lan Phan a, Trieu Hoang-Quan Nguyen a, Soodeok Seo a, Zhengping …

High-performance intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells …

Achievement of high power conversion efficiency (PCE = 18.6%) and photostability in organic solar cells (OSCs). •. Realization of high-performance and …

Flexible and Stretchable Perovskite Solar Cells: Device Design …

Flexible and stretchable solar cells have attracted much attention in both the academic and industrial communities due to their huge application potential in many areas, such as buildings, decoration, transportation, fashion, and portable and wearable electronics. In ...

Flexible and stretchable inorganic solar cells: …

Flexible and stretchable solar cells have gained a growing attention in the last decade due to their ever-expanding range of applications from foldable electronics and robotics to wearables, …

Stretchable, elastic materials and devices for solar energy …

This Perspective reviews stretchable, elastic materials and devices of use for the conversion of solar energy. Stretchable and extremely flexible photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells would be useful as, for example, power sources for rugged and collapsible electronic and biomedical devices, foldable,

Stretchable micro-scale concentrator photovoltaic …

Stretchable photovoltaics are emerging power sources for collapsible electronics, biomedical devices, and buildings and vehicles with curved surfaces. Development of...

Manufacturing of stretchable substrate with biaxial strain control for highly-efficient stretchable solar cells …

Scientific Reports - Manufacturing of stretchable substrate with biaxial strain control for highly-efficient stretchable solar cells and displays Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature ...

Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy

Hydrogen bonding makes organic solar cells stretchy

Researchers Develop High-Performance Stretchable Solar Cells

The team thereby built the world''s highest performing stretchable solar cell that can be stretched up to 40% during operation, and demonstrated its applicability for wearable devices. Professor Kim said, "Through this …

A KAIST Research Team Develops High-Performance Stretchable Solar Cells

With the market for wearable electric devices growing rapidly, stretchable solar cells that can function under strain have received considerable attention as an energy source. To build such solar cells, it is necessary that their photoactive layer, which converts light into electricity, shows high electrical performance while possessing mechanical …

Ultrathin and lightweight organic solar cells with high flexibility

Stretchable organic solar cells have been fabricated directly on pre-stretched PDMS (thickness 200–500 μm), which can then attain 27% tensile strain reversibly 11. A liquid metal back contact ...

Stretchable transparent electrodes for conformable wearable organic photovoltaic devices …

Koo, D. et al. Flexible organic solar cells over 15% efficiency with polyimide-integrated graphene electrodes. Joule 4, 1021–1034 (2020). Article CAS Google Scholar

Researchers develop high-performance, stretchable solar cells

stretchable solar cells January 4 2024 With the market for wearable electric devices growing rapidly, stretchable solar cells that can function under strain have received considerable attention as an energy source. To build such solar cells, it …

Simultaneously improved stretchability, stability, and output power in solar cells …

Intrinsically stretchable solar cells have gained significant attention as potential power sources for wearable devices due to their light weight and flexible nature. However, designing active layers that are simultaneously highly stretchable, efficient, and stable for wearables remains challenging. Herein,

Flexible and stretchable inorganic solar cells: Progress, …

Stretchable solar cells, which are more recent than their flexible counterpart and not commercialized yet, can be divided into three main categories: ultra …

Mechanically programmable substrate enable highly stretchable solar cell …

The resulting stretchable structural unit of solar cell exhibited an impressive strain of up to 200%, enduring up to 5000 cycles, and the solar cell array achieved a remarkable 100% strain. This innovation, characterized by high conductivity and stretchability of the semi-liquid metal conductors, showcased minimal degradation in …

Recent Progress in Flexible and Stretchable Organic Solar Cells

Flexible and stretchable organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted enormous attention due to their potential applications in wearable and portable devices. …

Stretchable and waterproof elastomer-coated organic …

Organic solar cells can be thin, bendable and strechable. Now, Jinno et al. develop flexible organic photovoltaic devices that can also be washed in water and detergent, opening future...

Realization of Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Solar Cells …

The rapid development of wearable electronic devices has prompted a strong demand to develop stretchable organic solar cells (OSCs) to serve as the advanced powering systems. However, to realize an intrinsically stretchable OSC is challenging because it requires all the constituent layers to possess certain elastic properties. It thus …

Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Solar Cells beyond 10% Power …

Stretchable organic solar cells (OSCs) simultaneously possessing high-efficiency and robust mechanical properties are ideal power generators for the emerging …

Flexible Organic Solar Cells: Progress and Challenges

Compared with inorganic photovoltaic technologies, flexibility is the most prominent feature of organic solar cells (OSCs). Flexible OSCs have been considered as one of the most promising directions in the OSC field, and have drawn tremendous attention in …

Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Solar Cells and Sensors Enabled …

These electrodes exhibit excellent tensile behavior, low surface roughness, and stable electrical properties, enabling their successful integration into stretchable sensors and intrinsically stretchable organic photovoltaic cells (IS-OPV).

Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Solar Cells without Cracks under …

Adv. Energy Mater.2023, 13, 2300533 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202300533 Due to errors made during data collection, the originally published Figures 6b and 6c are incorrect. The relevant experiments have been repeated and the new data is reflected in the below Figure. ...

Intrinsically stretchable organic photovoltaics by redistributing …

Herein, we demonstrate high-performance intrinsically stretchable organic photovoltaics with an initial power conversion efficiency of 14.2%, exceptional …

Kirigami-Based Highly Stretchable Thin Film Solar Cells that are …

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06562 Corpus ID: 211048845 Kirigami-Based Highly Stretchable Thin Film Solar Cells that are Mechanically Stable for More than 1000 Cycles. @article{Li2020KirigamiBasedHS, title={Kirigami-Based Highly Stretchable Thin Film Solar Cells that are Mechanically Stable for More than 1000 Cycles.}, author={Hongjiang Li and …

A Solid-State Intrinsically Stretchable Polymer Solar Cell

An organic solar cell based on a bulk heterojunction of a conjugated polymer and a methanofullerene PC<sub>61</sub>BM or PC<sub>71</sub>BM exhibits a complex morphology that controls both its photovoltaic and mechanical compliance (flexibility and stretchability). Here, the donor-acceptor blend of p …

Cross-buckled structures for stretchable and compressible thin film silicon solar cells

The stretchable thin film solar cells with the cross-buckled structure showed stable mechanical and electrical characteristics under both stretching and compressing conditions. The cross-buckled ...

Toward mechanically robust and intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells…

This paper describes the effect of tensile strains of up to 20% on the photovoltaic properties of organic solar cells based on two different conjugated polymers and their blends with (6,6)-phenyl C 61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). The two conjugated polymers are ...

Scientists develop energy-efficient stretchable solar cells

The newly developed stretchable solar cell can undergo a remarkable 40 percent stretch during operation, showcasing its potential for integration into wearable devices. This breakthrough not only ...

Toward mechanically robust and intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells…

Characteristics of intrinsically stretchable solar cells. (a) Schematic diagram of an OPV device comprising a stretchable substrate (PDMS), a transparent electrode (PEDOT:PSS), a blend of either P3HT or …

Intrinsically Stretchable Fiber-Shaped Organic Solar Cells

Fiber-shaped organic solar cells (FOSCs) with superior mechanical stretchability are strong candidates for portable and wearable electronic power supplies. The high flexibility and stretchability enable the device stably to fit the body and avoid performance loss when the device deforms with irregular body movements.

Revealing the Strain-Induced Morphological, Mechanical, and …

Superior mechanical properties of intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells (is-OSCs) are of great importance to ensure long-term operational reliability, especially considering their potential application in wearable electronics and electronic skins. Herein, we have systematically investigated the morphology and mechanical and photovoltaic …

Stretchable and waterproof elastomer-coated organic …

Organic solar cells can be thin, bendable and strechable. Now, Jinno et al. develop flexible organic photovoltaic devices that can also be washed in water and detergent, opening future integration ...

Highly stretchable All-polymer solar cells enabled by Siloxane …

Stretchable organic solar cells (OSCs) are promising wearable power generators. Here, we synthesize a series of bithienyl-benzodithiophene-alt-fluorobenzotriazole copolymer (PBZ-2Si) with siloxane-terminated side chains, and compare with J52 analogues to investigate side chain effects on the photovoltaic and mechanical …

Stretchable alkenamides terminated Ti3C2Tx MXenes to release strain for lattice‐stable mixed‐halide perovskite solar cells …

During the past decade, the organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are under the spotlight because of the unprecedented power conversion efficiency (PCE) of as high as 25.7% and continuous cost reduction by …

Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Solar Cells with …

Stretchable organic solar cells (SOSCs) are attracting considerable attention as an off-grid power source for wearable electronics, including biosensors, electronic skins, and stretchable displays....

Stretchable Perovskite Solar Cells with Recoverable Performance …

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are a promising photovoltaic technology for stretchable applications. A self-healing polyurethane (s-PU) is applied as a scaffold in perovskite films where it enhances crystallinity and passivates the grain boundary.

Stretchable Organic Solar Cells

A stretchable organic solar cell was fabricated by spin-coating the transparent electrode and active layer on a pre-strained elastomeric membrane. Upon release of the pre-strain, the device buckled. The topographic waves that arose imparted elasticity to the device under tensile strain (up to 27%).

Interdiffused thermoplastic urethane-PEDOT:PSS bilayers with superior adhesion properties for high-performance and intrinsically-stretchable ...

Despite the rapid increases in the performance of intrinsically-stretchable organic solar cells (IS-OSCs), both the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stretchability of the IS-OSCs should be further enhanced for their use in wearable electronics. Here, we realize efficient (PCE = 13.1%) and highly stretch

High-performance intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells …

His research interests include design of new electroactive materials for polymer solar cells with high stability and development of intrinsically-stretchable polymer solar cells. He has published more than 70 issued/pending patents and 300 peer-reviewed papers with H-index of 79.

Intrinsically Stretchable Organic Solar Cells with Efficiencies of …

Stretchable organic solar cells (SOSCs) are attracting considerable attention as an off-grid power source for wearable electronics, including biosensors, electronic skins, and stretchable displays. Although SOSCs possess promising properties such as high power-per-weight output and strong durability under repetitive tensile …