Recent research progress of polymer donor/polymer acceptor blend solar cells

H Benten, D Mori, H Ohkita, S Ito - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer/polymer blend solar cells based on a blend of two types of conjugated polymers
acting as an electron donor (hole transport) and acceptor (electron transport) have recently …

Morphology of polymer-based bulk heterojunction films for organic photovoltaics

MA Ruderer, P Müller-Buschbaum - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years organic photovoltaics have become one of the most increasing research
areas due to their potential towards a cheap and broad applicability. Besides the chemical …

Metallated conjugated polymers as a new avenue towards high-efficiency polymer solar cells

WY Wong, XZ Wang, Z He, AB Djurišić, CT Yip… - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
Bulk heterojunction solar cells have been extensively studied owing to their great potential
for cost-effective photovoltaic devices. Although recent advances resulted in the fabrication …

A low band gap, solution processable oligothiophene with a diketopyrrolopyrrole core for use in organic solar cells

AB Tamayo, B Walker, TQ Nguyen* - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We synthesized a low band gap, solution processable oligothiophene derivative
functionalized with a diketopyrrolopyrrole core, which is a highly absorbing chromophoric …

Conjugated‐polymer blends for optoelectronics

CR McNeill, NC Greenham - Advanced Materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Solution‐processed polymer optoelectronic devices such as light‐emitting diodes and solar
cells have many advantages for large‐area manufacture, and show increasing levels of …

Nanoscale charge transport and internal structure of bulk heterojunction conjugated polymer/fullerene solar cells by scanning probe microscopy

M Dante, J Peet, TQ Nguyen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Tap** mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to probe the surface and internal
structures of bulk heterojunction poly (3-hexylthiophene) and [6, 6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid …

Polymer/polymer blend solar cells improved by using high-molecular-weight fluorene-based copolymer as electron acceptor

D Mori, H Benten, H Ohkita, S Ito… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.7% has been achieved for all-polymer
solar cells made with a blend of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT, electron donor) and poly [2 …

Study of the effect of annealing process on the performance of P3HT/PCBM photovoltaic devices using scanning-probe microscopy

YC Huang, YC Liao, SS Li, MC Wu, CW Chen… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2009 - Elsevier
We have studied the effect of annealing process on the performance of photovoltaic devices
based on the bulk heterojunction of poly (3-hexylthiophene) and [6, 6]-phenyl-C61 butyric …

Polymer/polymer blend solar cells with 2.0% efficiency developed by thermal purification of nanoscale-phase-separated morphology

D Mori, H Benten, J Kosaka, H Ohkita… - … Applied Materials & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We have fabricated polymer/polymer blend solar cells consisting of poly (3-hexylthiophene)
as the electron donor and poly {2, 7-(9, 9-didodecylfluorene)-alt-5, 5-[4′, 7′-bis (2-thienyl) …

Metallopolyyne polymers as new functional materials for photovoltaic and solar cell applications

WY Wong - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The need to develop inexpensive renewable energy sources has stimulated intensive
scientific research for efficient, low‐cost, lightweight, photovoltaic devices. Organic polymer …