Abstract
In recent years, organic solar cells became more attractive due to their flexible power devices and the potential for low-cost manufacturing. Inkjet printing is a very potential manufacturing technique of organic solar cells because of its low material usage, flexibility, and large area formation. In this paper, we presented an overall review on the inkjet printing technology as well as advantages of inkjet-printing, comparison of inkjet printing with other printing technologies and its potential for organic solar cells (OSCs). Here we highlighted in more details about the viability of environment-friendly and cost-effective, non-halogenated indium tin oxide (ITO) free large scale roll to roll production of the OSC by inkjet printing technology. The challenges of inkjet printing like the viscosity limitations, nozzle clogging, coffee ring effect, and limitation of printability as well as dot spacing are also discussed. Lastly, some of the improvement strategies for getting the higher efficiency of the OSCs have been suggested.
Highlights
The increasing concern about global warming, the upsurge of oil price, and pollution of petroleum energy has led scientists to search for cost-effective energy sources, for example, photovoltaics
Indium tin oxide (ITO) substitution has been started as a transparent electrode, these novel activities yet to be executed since these initiatives are in their nascent phase
Here we presented more about organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells without halogen and indium tin oxide (ITO) and the viability of roll to roll production of organic solar cells (OSCs) by inkjet printing
Summary
The increasing concern about global warming, the upsurge of oil price, and pollution of petroleum energy has led scientists to search for cost-effective energy sources, for example, photovoltaics. Inkjet printing is considered to be the following emerging solar cell fabrication technology because of high material utilization rate, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility [5]. Technologies 2017, 5, 53 going on to improve the efficiency of inkjet-printed OSCs as well as to solve the coffee ring effect, viscosity limitations, film uniformity, nozzle clogging, etc. OSCs. we discussed the recent developments of inkjet-printed organic solar cells with respect to environment friendliness, cost effectiveness, and roll to roll production. Here we presented more about organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells without halogen and ITO and the viability of roll to roll production of OSC by inkjet printing. We presented and the challenges of inkjet printing such as the coffee ring effect and dot spacing, viscosity limitations and nozzle clogging. We suggested some of the improvement strategies for getting the higher efficiency of the OSC
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