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

Organic solar cell research has developed during the past 30 years, but especially in the last
decade it has attracted scientific and economic interest triggered by a rapid increase in …

A nanocomposite of (2-aminoethyl) piperazine ligand substituted with zinc (II) tetra
carboxylic acid phthalocyanine (ZnTEPZCAPC) and MWCNTs was constructed and …

Discussing theory and transport, synthesis, processing, properties, and applications, this
second edition of a standard resource covers advances in the field of electrically conducting …

The relation between the nanoscale morphology and associated device properties in
conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk‐heterojunction “plastic solar cells” is investigated. We …

Organic electronic materials are of interest for future applications in solar cells. Although
results for single layer organic materials have been disappointing, high photocurrent …

Many significant fundamental concepts and practical applications have developed since the
publication of the best-selling second edition of the Handbook of Conducting Polymers. Now …

Interfacial materials play an important role in determining the efficiency of an organic
photovoltaic (OPV) cell. They are not only responsible for establishing ohmic contact, but …

This work focuses on two fundamental processes in organic solar cells exciton dissociation
and charge recombination and describes how quantum-chemical calculations can be …

Zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) is a promising candidate for solar-cell applications, because it is
easily synthesized and is non-toxic to the environment. Recently, phthalocyanine (Pc) was …