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Stability, encapsulation and large-area fabrication of organic photovoltaics

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Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have become a timely research topic for their advantages of light weight, low cost, low toxicity, environmental adaptability, flexibility, and large-area manufacture, especially after non-fullerene acceptor ITIC reported in 2015. The highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) is currently above 18% for OPV. However, there are still imparities in the efficiency of OPVs when compared with silicon-based photovoltaics, as well as in their shelf life. Compared with inorganic-based photovoltaics, the efficiency of large-area OPVs is lower and the life time of OPVs is shorter. Therefore, such inferior performance of large-area OPVs restricts the commercial development. Based on these constraints, this paper reviews the research work regarding OPVs into three aspects: stability, encapsulation technology, and recent large-area preparation technologies.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of “Strategic Advanced Electronic Materials” (2016YFB0401100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61574077), the Major Program of Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province, China (19KJA460005) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20170961). Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Chemistry at Nankai University.

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Song, S., Lu, J., Ye, W. et al. Stability, encapsulation and large-area fabrication of organic photovoltaics. Sci. China Chem. 64, 1441–1459 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-020-1021-x

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