Publication date: 14th September 2021
Resonance energy transfer (RET) can potentially improve device efficiencies of ternary blend organic solar cells (TBSCs). However, several parameters such as morphology of the blend, exciton lifetimes and charge separation driving forces influence the resulting excited state photophysics. Owing to this, spectroscopic studies on thin film of ternary blend have not unambiguously deconvolved the role of RET in observed enhancement of photocurrent densities, often downplaying the mechanistic aspects of RET associated enhancement. In this talk, I will discuss the role of resonance energy transfer in enhancing device efficiency by taking a few recent examples of ternary blend being persuaded in our laboratory.
S. P. acknowledges the support from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), IRHPA grant, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India for a Swarnajayanti fellowship and acknowledges the financial support from UKRI Global Challenge Research Fund project, SUNRISE (EP/P032591/1). A. A. M. acknowledges Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for senior research fellowship. V. T. acknowledges the support from the Indian Institute of Science through a start-up grant (SG/MHRD-18-0020).