Synthesis of conjugated polymers for organic solar cell applications

YJ Cheng, SH Yang, CS Hsu - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Harvesting energy directly from sunlight using photovoltaic technology is considered as
being one of the most important ways to address growing global energy needs using a …

Conjugated polymer-based organic solar cells

S Günes, H Neugebauer, NS Sariciftci - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
The need to develop inexpensive renewable energy sources stimulates scientific research
for efficient, low-cost photovoltaic devices. 1 The organic, polymer-based photovoltaic …

Polymer–fullerene composite solar cells

BC Thompson, JMJ Fréchet - Angewandte chemie international …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil fuel alternatives, such as solar energy, are moving to the forefront in a variety of
research fields. Polymer‐based organic photovoltaic systems hold the promise for a cost …

Stability of polymer solar cells

M Jørgensen, K Norrman, SA Gevorgyan… - Advanced …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) evolve in an exponential manner in the two key areas of
efficiency and stability. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) has in the last decade been …

n‐Type organic semiconductors in organic electronics

JE Anthony, A Facchetti, M Heeney… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductors have been the subject of intensive academic and commercial
interest over the past two decades, and successful commercial devices incorporating them …

Low band gap polymers for organic photovoltaics

E Bundgaard, FC Krebs - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2007 - Elsevier
Low band gap polymer materials and their application in organic photovoltaics (OPV) are
reviewed. We detail the synthetic approaches to low band gap polymer materials starting …

Morphology of polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

H Hoppe, NS Sariciftci - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Within the different organic photovoltaic devices the conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk
heterojunction approach is one of the foci of today's research interest. These devices are …

Fullerene derivative acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells

Y He, Y Li - Physical chemistry chemical physics, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer solar cells (PSCs) are composed of a blend film of a conjugated polymer donor and
a soluble fullerene derivative acceptor sandwiched between a PEDOT: PSS coated ITO …

Bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells: five core technologies for their commercialization

H Kang, G Kim, J Kim, S Kwon, H Kim… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The past two decades of vigorous interdisciplinary approaches has seen tremendous
breakthroughs in both scientific and technological developments of bulk‐heterojunction …

Controlling the Morphology and Performance of Bulk Heterojunctions in Solar Cells. Lessons Learned from the Benchmark Poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-Phenyl-C61 …

MT Dang, L Hirsch, G Wantz, JD Wuest - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Photovoltaic cells are an established and increasingly important technology for the
production of renewable energy. 1 Despite the expanding use of inorganic semiconductors …