Citation: LI Zidong, ZHAO Xiaoli, YANG Xiaoniu. Advances on Device Thermal Stability of Polymer Solar Cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, ;2016, 33(1): 1-17. doi: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2016.01.150399 shu

Advances on Device Thermal Stability of Polymer Solar Cells

LI Zidong ^a,b,c ,
ZHAO Xiaoli ^a,b,, ,
YANG Xiaoniu ^a,b,,

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a Polymer Composites Engineering Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China;
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b State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China;
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c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Corresponding author: ZHAO Xiaoli, YANG Xiaoniu,
Received Date: 13 November 2015
Available Online: 4 December 2015
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The device efficiency and thermal stability are two crucial factors in realizing the commercial application of polymer solar cells(PSCs). The power conversion efficiency(PCE) has been boosted up over 10% during the last decade. And a lot of work was directed at improving the thermal stability of device. In this paper, the development of morphological stability on polymer solar cells is reviewed. Several approaches of improving the morphological stability are illustrated in detail. And a promising future perspective is presented.
- polymer solar cells,
- photoactive layer,
- morphological thermal stability,
- device performance
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