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T1 Organic solar cells: Principles, materials, and working mechanism
A1 Elisa Antolin, 
A1 Urieta Mora, Javier
A1 Molina Ontoria, Agustín
A1 Martín León, Nazario
AB The most significant advances in the development of organic solar cells (OSCs) along the last three decades are presented. The key aspects of OSCs such as the photovoltaic principles regarding the mechanism for the generation of the exciton and the transport of the carriers to the respective electrodes are explained. Furthermore, the most common organic materials used as the photoactive layer are discussed, highlighting those that have been more successful and extensively studied in the literature such as donor polymers (PM6), fullerene acceptor ([60]PCBM), or small-molecule acceptors (ITIC and Y6 families). The evolution of the efficiency of OSCs with the introduction of these innovative materials has also been included. Other critical issue for a better understanding of OSCs, namely the control of the morphology in the device fabrication is also considered by gathering the most important advances on this critical photovoltaic parameter. In addition, the review presents some technology metrics regarding the cost of the energy, the durability of the devices, or the environmental impact that are critical for the coming commercialization of this advanced technology.
PB Elsevier
SN 1359-0294
YR 2024
FD 2024-12-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120314
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120314
LA eng
NO Antolin, E.; Urieta-Mora, J.; Molina-Ontoria, A.; Martín, N. Organic Solar Cells: Principles, Materials, and Working Mechanism. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 2025, 76, 101893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2024.101893.
NO J. U. M., A. M. O., and N. M. thank financial support received from MCIN/AEI of Spain (projects PID2020-114653RB-I00, and TED2021-131255B–C44 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/50110001103 and ‘(MAD2D-CM)-UCM’ projects funded by the Comunidad de Madrid, by the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, and by NextGenerationEU from the European Union. E. A. acknowledges the support of MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 of Spain through the grants PID2021-124193OB-C21 and TED2021-129694B–C21. She also acknowledges the MAD2D-CM-UPM project funded by the Comunidad de Madrid, by the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, and by NextGenerationEU from the European Union. A. M. O. is grateful to MCIN for a “Ramon-y-Cajal” fellowship (RYC2019-027939-I).
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Ramón y Cajal (España)
NO Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (EU)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 19 mar 2026