Polymer Donors for High-Performance Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

Over the past few years, non-fullerene organic solar cells have been a focus of research and their power conversion efficiencies have been improved dramatically from about 6 % to over 14 %. In addition to innovations in non-fullerene acceptors, the ongoing development of polymer donors has contributed significantly to the rapid progress of non-fullerene organic solar cell performance. This Minireview highlights the polymer donors that enable high-performance non-fullerene organic solar cells. We show the impressive photovoltaic devices results achieved by some of important classes of conjugated polymer systems in non-fullerene organic solar cells. We discuss the molecular design strategies as far as developing matching polymer donors for non-fullerene acceptors. We conclude with a brief summary and outlook for advances in donor polymers required for commercialization.