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 …

Charge carrier recombination in organic solar cells

CM Proctor, M Kuik, TQ Nguyen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Solution deposited bulk heterojunction organic solar cells are viewed as one of the most
promising alternative energy sources because of their ease of processing and their potential …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of conducting polymers

TA Skotheim - 1997 - books.google.com
Discussing theory and transport, synthesis, processing, properties, and applications, this
second edition of a standard resource covers advances in the field of electrically conducting …

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) …

Quantifying the nongeminate recombination dynamics in nonfullerene bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

J Vollbrecht, VV Brus, SJ Ko, J Lee… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a comprehensive analytical model to quantify the total nongeminate
recombination losses, originating from bimolecular as well as bulk and surface trap‐assisted …

Recombination via tail states in polythiophene: fullerene solar cells

T Kirchartz, BE Pieters, J Kirkpatrick, U Rau… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
State-of-the-art models used for drift-diffusion simulations of organic bulk heterojunction
solar cells based on band transport are not capable of reproducing the voltage dependence …

Charge generation in polymer–fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells

F Gao, O Inganäs - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge generation in organic solar cells is a fundamental yet heavily debated issue. This
article gives a balanced review of different mechanisms proposed to explain efficient charge …

Efficiency limits of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

T Kirchartz, K Taretto, U Rau - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We calculate the radiative efficiency limits of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells
according to the theory of Shockley and Queisser and compare the results with experimental …

Photocurrent generation in nanostructured organic solar cells

F Yang, SR Forrest - ACS nano, 2008 - ACS Publications
Photocurrent generation in nanostructured organic solar cells is simulated using a
dynamical Monte Carlo model that includes the generation and transport properties of both …

[BOOK][B] Organic solar cells

W Tress, W Tress - 2014 - Springer
This chapter starts with a description of the characteristic electronic structure and charge
transport properties of organic semiconductors. These introductory parts are followed by …