The need to develop inexpensive renewable energy sources stimulates scientific research
for efficient, low-cost photovoltaic devices. 1 The organic, polymer-based photovoltaic …

Recent developments in conjugated‐polymer‐based photovoltaic elements are reviewed.
The photophysics of such photoactive devices is based on the photo‐induced charge …

Achieving efficient solar energy conversion at both large scale and low cost is among the
most important technological challenges for the near future. The present volume describes …

We describe the use of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) thin films as transparent and
conducting electrodes for hole collection in poly (hexyl) thiophene-[6-6] phenyl-C 61-butyric …

Over the last ten years, conjugated oligothiophenes have emerged as one of the largest
families of organic semiconductors with potential applications in electronics devices. Thin …

Degradation studies of poly (2-methoxy-5-(3′, 7′-dimethyloctyloxy)-1, 4-phenylene-
vinylene)(MDMO-PPV), fullerenes ((6, 6)-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and …

This review on some recent developments in thiopene-based functional polymers
concentrates on (i) the synthetic trends for low bandgap and regioregular materials which …

PATs (n= 10) prepared using NiC12 [1, 3-bis (diphenylphosphino) propane], NiCl2 (dppp),
as a catalyst can be highly regular compared with those prepared with FeC13 [565]. The …

Bulk donor–acceptor heterojunctions between conjugated polymers and fullerene
derivatives have been utilized successfully for photovoltaic devices showing monochromatic …

Organic thin-film solar cells based on a bulk heterojunction utilizing the phthalocyanine
derivative 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25-octahexylphthalocyanine (C6PcH 2) have been studied …