Organic photovoltaics over three decades

O Inganäs - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The development of organic semiconductors for photovoltaic devices, over the last three
decades, has led to unexpected performance for an alternative choice of materials to convert …

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 …

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 …

Thermally activated exciton dissociation and recombination control the carrier dynamics in organometal halide perovskite

TJ Savenije, CS Ponseca Jr, L Kunneman… - The journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Solar cells based on organometal halide perovskites have seen rapidly increasing
efficiencies, now exceeding 15%. Despite this progress, there is still limited knowledge on …

Origin of Enhanced Overall Water Splitting Efficiency in Aluminum‐Doped SrTiO3 Photocatalyst

DHK Murthy, V Nandal, A Furube, K Seki… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With near unity quantum efficiency and operational stability surpassing 250 days in outdoor
conditions, aluminum‐doped SrTiO3 (Al: SrTiO3) with tailored cocatalysts is one of the …

Charge carriers in planar and meso-structured organic–inorganic perovskites: mobilities, lifetimes, and concentrations of trap states

EM Hutter, GE Eperon, SD Stranks… - The journal of physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Efficient solar cells have been obtained using thin films of solution-processed organic–
inorganic perovskites. However, there remains limited knowledge about the relationship …

Charge‐carrier mobility requirements for bulk heterojunction solar cells with high fill factor and external quantum efficiency> 90%

JA Bartelt, D Lam, TM Burke… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To increase the efficiency of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells beyond 15%, 300 nm thick
devices with 0.8 fill factor (FF) and external quantum efficiency (EQE)> 90% are likely …

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 …

Photo-generated carriers lose energy during extraction from polymer-fullerene solar cells

A Melianas, F Etzold, TJ Savenije, F Laquai… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
In photovoltaic devices, the photo-generated charge carriers are typically assumed to be in
thermal equilibrium with the lattice. In conventional materials, this assumption is …

Relating charge transport, contact properties, and recombination to open-circuit voltage in sandwich-type thin-film solar cells

OJ Sandberg, A Sundqvist, M Nyman, R Österbacka - Physical Review Applied, 2016 - APS
To avoid surface recombination at the contacts and ensure efficient charge collection and
high open-circuit voltages (V OC) in organic bulk heterojunction and perovskite solar cells …