Challenges and opportunities in upscaling inkjet-printing of OPV

Steinberger M, Qingguang X, Ronsin OJ, Maisch P, Tam KC, Distler A, Harting J, Brabec C, Egelhaaf HJ (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Flexible and Printed Electronics Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)

Book Volume: 9

Article Number: 043001

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ad7ece

Abstract

The power conversion efficiency and long-term stability of organic solar cells have increased tremendously over the past years, reaching up to 19.2% on research cells and 14.5% on large modules. To take the final step towards industrialization, fabrication methods that can be upscaled and directly implemented in industrial processes need to be developed. In recent years, well-known industrial techniques, like drop-on-demand inkjet printing, have been further developed within the organic photovoltaics (OPV) community, as it enables versatile printing of arbitrary, free-form organic solar modules with different colors-a key feature for modern building-integrated photovoltaics and several niche applications of OPV printed on any kind object. In this review, aside a brief summary of recent developments, we provide an overview of the biggest challenges in OPV inkjet-printing and define design rules to overcome these issues. Further perspectives of OPV inkjet-printing conclude the review.

Authors with CRIS profile

Marc Steinberger Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET) Philipp Maisch Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET) Kai Cheong Tam Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET) Andreas Distler Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET) Christoph Brabec Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET) Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) (i-MEET)

Involved external institutions

Forschungszentrum Jülich / Research Centre Jülich (FZJ) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Steinberger, M., Qingguang, X., Ronsin, O.J., Maisch, P., Tam, K.C., Distler, A.,... Egelhaaf, H.-J. (2024). Challenges and opportunities in upscaling inkjet-printing of OPV. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ad7ece

MLA:

Steinberger, Marc, et al. "Challenges and opportunities in upscaling inkjet-printing of OPV." Flexible and Printed Electronics 9.4 (2024).

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