Materials for photovoltaics: State of art and recent developments

JA Luceño-Sánchez, AM Díez-Pascual… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, photovoltaic cell technology has grown extraordinarily as a sustainable
source of energy, as a consequence of the increasing concern over the impact of fossil fuel …

Functional nanocomposites and their potential applications: A review

T Hassan, A Salam, A Khan, SU Khan… - Journal of Polymer …, 2021 - Springer
Herein, the review aims to compile some reportable work of researchers carried concerning
the use of nanomaterials in the polymeric composites for significant improvements in the …

Carbon nanomaterials for electronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, and sensing

D Jariwala, VK Sangwan, LJ Lauhon… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last three decades, zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, and two-dimensional carbon
nanomaterials (ie, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, respectively) have attracted …

Review on conducting polymers and their applications

TK Das, S Prusty - Polymer-plastics technology and engineering, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Conducting polymers (CPs) have drawn considerable attention because of their economical
importance, good environmental stability and electrical conductivity as well as due to their …

Polymer nanocomposites based on functionalized carbon nanotubes

NG Sahoo, S Rana, JW Cho, L Li, SH Chan - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit excellent mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties
as well as nanometer scale diameter and high aspect ratio, which make them an ideal …

Understanding low bandgap polymer PTB7 and optimizing polymer solar cells based on it

L Lu, L Yu - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Solution processed single junction polymer solar cells (PSCs) have been developed from
less than 1% power conversion efficiency (PCE) to beyond 9% PCE in the last decade. The …

Non-covalent polymer wrap** of carbon nanotubes and the role of wrapped polymers as functional dispersants

T Fujigaya, N Nakashima - Science and technology of advanced …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been recognized as a promising material in a wide range of
applications from biotechnology to energy-related devices. However, the poor solubility in …

25th anniversary article: chemically modified/doped carbon nanotubes & graphene for optimized nanostructures & nanodevices

UN Maiti, WJ Lee, JM Lee, Y Oh, JY Kim… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Outstanding pristine properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene have limited the scope
for real‐life applications without precise controllability of the material structures and …

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 …

Chemistry of carbon nanotubes

D Tasis, N Tagmatarchis, A Bianco, M Prato - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
The unidirectional growth of materials to form nanowires or nanotubes has attracted
enormous interest in recent years. Within the different classes of tubes made of organic or …