[HTML][HTML] Light trapping in thin film organic solar cells

Z Tang, W Tress, O Inganäs - Materials today, 2014 - Elsevier
A major issue in organic solar cells is the poor mobility and recombination of the
photogenerated charge carriers. The active layer has to be kept thin to facilitate charge …

Nanostructures induced light harvesting enhancement in organic photovoltaics

YG Bi, J Feng, JH Ji, FS Yi, YF Li, YF Liu, XL Zhang… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Lightweight and low-cost organic photovoltaics (OPVs) hold great promise as renewable
energy sources. The most critical challenge in developing high-performance OPVs is the …

Enhanced electron transport enables over 12% efficiency by interface engineering of non-fullerene organic solar cells

MB Upama, NK Elumalai, MA Mahmud, C Xu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Organic solar cells have attracted much attention in the recent years due to their many
intrinsic advantages, such as, light weight, flexibility, low-cost, solution processing, and facile …

Electrospun ZnO nanofiber interlayers for enhanced performance of organic photovoltaic devices

F Mohtaram, S Borhani, M Ahmadpour, P Fojan… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) has improved significantly in recent years and power
conversion efficiencies are getting close to those of hybrid and inorganic thin film PV …

The influence of electrical effects on device performance of organic solar cells with nano-structured electrodes

M Mirsafaei, AH Fallahpour, P Lugli, HG Rubahn… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Integration of light-trapping features and exploitation of metal nanostructure plasmonic
effects are promising approaches for enhancing the power conversion efficiency of organic …

Flexible polymer–organic solar cells based on P3HT: PCBM bulk heterojunction active layer constructed under environmental conditions

G Grancharov, MD Atanasova, R Kalinova, R Gergova… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, some crucial parameters were determined of flexible polymer–organic solar
cells prepared from an active layer blend of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) and the fullerene …

Improving the Morphology of PCDTBT:PC70BM Bulk Heterojunction by Mixed-Solvent Vapor-Assisted Imprinting: Inhibiting Intercalation, Optimizing Vertical Phase …

J Liu, Q Liang, H Wang, M Li, Y Han… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this paper, mixed-solvent vapor-assisted imprinting annealing was proposed to improve
the lateral phase separation, vertical distribution of fullerene component and the photon …

Crack-free and reliable lithographical patterning methods on PDMS substrate

N Chou, J Jeong, S Kim - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Cracks commonly appear in metal patterns when fabricated on native poly
(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) substrate using general micro-electro-mechanical systems …

Broadband Photon Harvesting in Organic Photovoltaic Devices Induced by Large-Area Nanogrooved Templates

D Chowdhury, SA Mohamed, G Manzato… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thin-film organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices represent an attractive alternative to
conventional silicon solar cells due to their lightweight, flexibility, and low cost. However, the …

A direct arylation-derived DPP-based small molecule for solution-processed organic solar cells

SY Liu, WF Fu, JQ Xu, CC Fan, H Jiang, M Shi… - …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
A diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole (DPP) oligomer containing three DPP cores (Ph 4 Th 4 (DPP) 3)
was synthesized via direct arylation of C–H bonds (DACH). Ph 4 Th 4 (DPP) 3 has good …