Advances in Organic Solar Cell Performance Involving Anthracene and Anthanthrone Core Polycyclic Aromatic Materials

Polycyclic aromatic compounds are emerging as more practical components in material science research and optoelectronics. The long-term objective is to develop economical and very efficient materials for use in solar cells. Active layer and the hole transport materials (HTMs) are the key components to study for effective improvement of stability and power conversion efficiency of organic and perovskite solar cells, to significantly advance the improvement of these devices. Currently, due to simple synthesis, abundance of raw materials, and low cost, organic materials as either active layer or HTMs have been widely studied in research field. Among them, anthracene and anthanthrone have been used as starting point to develop new materials. In this chapter, we discuss designed organic materials synthesized using anthracene and anthanthrone cores and their application in solar cells as either active layer or hole transport layer materials.