Charge photogeneration in organic solar cells

TM Clarke, JR Durrant - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
In recent years, organic solar cells utilizing π-conjugated polymers have attracted
widespread interest in both the academic and, increasingly, the commercial communities …

Polymer‐fullerene bulk‐heterojunction solar cells

G Dennler, MC Scharber, CJ Brabec - Advanced materials, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Solution‐processed bulk‐heterojunction solar cells have gained serious attention during the
last few years and are becoming established as one of the future photovoltaic technologies …

The active layer morphology of organic solar cells probed with grazing incidence scattering techniques

P Müller‐Buschbaum - Advanced materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Grazing incidence X‐ray scattering (GIXS) provides unique insights into the morphology of
active materials and thin film layers used in organic photovoltaic devices. With grazing …

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 …

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 …

Organic photoresponse materials and devices

H Dong, H Zhu, Q Meng, X Gong, W Hu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photoresponse materials and devices are critically important to organic
optoelectronics and energy crises. The activities of photoresponse in organic materials can …

Polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

C Deibel, V Dyakonov - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Organic solar cells have the potential to be low-cost and efficient solar energy converters,
with a promising energy balance. They are made of carbon-based semiconductors, which …

Processing additives for improved efficiency from bulk heterojunction solar cells

JK Lee, WL Ma, CJ Brabec, J Yuen… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Two criteria for processing additives introduced to control the morphology of bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) materials for use in solar cells have been identified:(i) selective …

Morphology evolution via self-organization and lateral and vertical diffusion in polymer: fullerene solar cell blends

M Campoy-Quiles, T Ferenczi, T Agostinelli… - Nature materials, 2008 - nature.com
Control of blend morphology at the microscopic scale is critical for optimizing the power
conversion efficiency of plastic solar cells based on blends of conjugated polymer with …

Effects of thermal annealing upon the morphology of polymer–fullerene blends

E Verploegen, R Mondal, CJ Bettinger… - Advanced Functional …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Grazing incidence X‐ray scattering (GIXS) is used to characterize the morphology of poly (3‐
hexylthiophene)(P3HT)–phenyl‐C61‐butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) thin film bulk …