Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

Low-bandgap near-IR conjugated polymers/molecules for organic electronics

L Dou, Y Liu, Z Hong, G Li, Y Yang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION An important topic in materials science in the past few decades has
been the development of organic semiconductors and their broad applications in electronics …

Exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors

OV Mikhnenko, PWM Blom, TQ Nguyen - Energy & Environmental …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The purpose of this review is to provide a basic physical description of the exciton diffusion
in organic semiconductors. Furthermore, experimental methods that are used to measure …

Bulk heterojunction solar cells: morphology and performance relationships

Y Huang, EJ Kramer, AJ Heeger, GC Bazan - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
With the hope of solving the present energy crisis and associated environmental issues,
much research has been focused on solar cells that can harvest energy directly from …

Rational design of high performance conjugated polymers for organic solar cells

H Zhou, L Yang, W You - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
The research on the polymer-based solar cells (PSCs) has attracted an increasing amount
of attention in recent years because PSCs pose potential advantages over mainstream …

Molecular design and ordering effects in π-functional materials for transistor and solar cell applications

PM Beaujuge, JMJ Fréchet - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Organic electronics are broadly anticipated to impact the development of flexible thin-film
device technologies. Among these, solution-processable π-conjugated polymers and small …

Polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

C Deibel, V Dyakonov - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Organic solar cells have the potential to be low-cost and efficient solar energy converters,
with a promising energy balance. They are made of carbon-based semiconductors, which …

Organic photovoltaic greenhouses: a unique application for semi-transparent PV?

CJM Emmott, JA Röhr, M Campoy-Quiles… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photovoltaics are an emerging solar power technology which embody properties
such as transparency, flexibility, and rapid, roll to roll manufacture, opening the potential for …

Fullerene crystallisation as a key driver of charge separation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

FC Jamieson, EB Domingo, T McCarthy-Ward… - Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Solution processed polymer/fullerene blend films are receiving extensive attention as the
photoactive layer of organic solar cells. In this paper we report a range of photophysical …

Fluorinated copolymer PCPDTBT with enhanced open-circuit voltage and reduced recombination for highly efficient polymer solar cells

S Albrecht, S Janietz, W Schindler… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A novel fluorinated copolymer (F-PCPDTBT) is introduced and shown to exhibit significantly
higher power conversion efficiency in bulk heterojunction solar cells with PC70BM …