A review of charge transport and recombination in polymer/fullerene organic solar cells

A Pivrikas, NS Sariciftci, G Juška… - Progress in …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The charge carrier transport and recombination in two types of thermally treated bulk‐
heterojunction solar cells is reviewed: in regioregular poly (3‐hexylthiophene)(RRP3HT) …

Small Bandgap Polymers for Organic Solar Cells (Polymer Material Development in the Last 5 Years)

R Kroon, M Lenes, JC Hummelen, PWM Blom… - Polymer …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
During the last decade the field of polymer photovoltaics has seen a tremendous
improvement in both device efficiency and understanding of the underlying physical …

Self-formed grain boundary healing layer for highly efficient CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells

DY Son, JW Lee, YJ Choi, IH Jang, S Lee, PJ Yoo… - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Perovskite solar cells have attracted significant research efforts due to their remarkable
performance, with certified power conversion efficiency now reaching 22%. Solution …

Highly reproducible perovskite solar cells with average efficiency of 18.3% and best efficiency of 19.7% fabricated via Lewis base adduct of lead (II) iodide

N Ahn, DY Son, IH Jang, SM Kang… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
High efficiency perovskite solar cells were fabricated reproducibly via Lewis base adduct of
lead (II) iodide. PbI2 was dissolved in N, N-dimethyformamide with equimolar N, N-dimethyl …

Efficiency enhancement in low-bandgap polymer solar cells by processing with alkane dithiols

J Peet, JY Kim, NE Coates, WL Ma, D Moses… - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
High charge-separation efficiency combined with the reduced fabrication costs associated
with solution processing and the potential for implementation on flexible substrates make …

Electron lifetime in dye-sensitized solar cells: theory and interpretation of measurements

J Bisquert, F Fabregat-Santiago… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The electron lifetime τ n in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) is a central quantity to determine
the recombination dynamics in the solar cell. It can be measured by several methods …

Charge carrier mobility and lifetime of organic bulk heterojunctions analyzed by impedance spectroscopy

G Garcia-Belmonte, A Munar, EM Barea, J Bisquert… - Organic …, 2008 - Elsevier
Charge carrier diffusion and recombination in an absorber blend of poly (3-
hexylthiophene)(P3HT) and [6, 6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) with indium …

Revealing the dynamics of charge carriers in polymer: fullerene blends using photoinduced time-resolved microwave conductivity

TJ Savenije, AJ Ferguson, N Kopidakis… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
During the past decade, time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) has evolved to an
established, powerful technique to study photoactive layers. With this feature paper, we aim …

Simultaneous determination of carrier lifetime and electron density-of-states in P3HT: PCBM organic solar cells under illumination by impedance spectroscopy

G Garcia-Belmonte, PP Boix, J Bisquert… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2010 - Elsevier
We report new insights into recombination kinetics in poly (3-hexylthiophene):
methanofullerene (P3HT: PCBM) bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells, based on …

Enhanced mobility-lifetime products in PbS colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics

KS Jeong, J Tang, H Liu, J Kim, AW Schaefer… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) photovoltaics offer a promising approach to harvest the near-
IR region of the solar spectrum, where half of the sun's power reaching the earth resides …