Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

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 …

Recent advances in morphology optimization for organic photovoltaics

H Lee, C Park, DH Sin, JH Park, K Cho - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics are an important part of a next‐generation energy‐harvesting
technology that uses a practically infinite pollutant‐free energy source. They have the …

Inverted organic photovoltaic cells

K Wang, C Liu, T Meng, C Yi, X Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The advance in lifestyle, modern industrialization and future technological revolution are
always at high expense of energy consumption. Unfortunately, there exist serious issues …

Water‐resistant and flexible perovskite solar cells via a glued interfacial layer

Z Huang, X Hu, C Liu, X Meng, Z Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) are promising photovoltaic technologies for realizing power
sources with outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE) and low‐cost properties …

Kumada Catalyst‐Transfer Polycondensation: Mechanism, Opportunities, and Challenges

A Kiriy, V Senkovskyy, M Sommer - Macromolecular rapid …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Kumada catalyst‐transfer polycondensation (KCTP) is a new but rapidly developing method
with great potential for the preparation of well‐defined conjugated polymers (CPs). The …

Block copolymer nanostructures for technology

YC Tseng, SB Darling - Polymers, 2010 - mdpi.com
Nanostructures generated from block copolymer self-assembly enable a variety of potential
technological applications. In this article we review recent work and the current status of two …

Solvent-resistant organic transistors and thermally stable organic photovoltaics based on cross-linkable conjugated polymers

HJ Kim, AR Han, CH Cho, H Kang, HH Cho… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers, in general, are unstable when exposed to air, solvent, or thermal
treatment, and these challenges limit their practical applications. Therefore, it is of great …

Degradation and stability of polymer-based solar cells

JU Lee, JW Jung, JW Jo, WH Jo - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Stability of polymer solar cells (PSCs) is critically important for PSCs to be commercialized.
The performance deterioration of PSCs arises mainly from macrophase separation of the …