Structural engineering of non-covalently fused-ring electron acceptors for high performance organic solar cells.

Considering the continually growing energy demands and concerns about climate change due to anthropogenic CO2 generated from fossil fuels, there has been a global endeavor to transition towards low-carbon renewable energy sources, particularly photovoltaic technologies. Organic solar cells (OSCs) are ideal candidates for low-cost PV technologies thanks to the possibility of large-scale device fabrication by solution printing or coating techniques. Though OSCs cells have achieved remarkable progress in the last few decades, stability, efficiency, and cost issues hinder their commercialization. We will address this issue by developing materials called “non-fused ring electron acceptors” which have shown great promise as OSC materials and are potentially more cost effective than current materials. Thus, this research will benefit the community and the partner organization by advancing organic photovoltaic technologies toward commercialization.

Faculty Supervisor:

Dmitrii Perepichka

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Partner:

1-Material Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

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