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 …

Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

HA Atwater, A Polman - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
The emerging field of plasmonics has yielded methods for guiding and localizing light at the
nanoscale, well below the scale of the wavelength of light in free space. Now plasmonics …

Recent advances in solution-processed interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer solar cells

HL Yip, AKY Jen - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This article provides an overview on the recent development of solution processed organic,
inorganic, and hybrid interfacial materials for bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells. The …

Surface plasmonic effects of metallic nanoparticles on the performance of polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells

JL Wu, FC Chen, YS Hsiao, FC Chien, P Chen… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We have systematically explored how plasmonic effects influence the characteristics of
polymer photovoltaic devices (OPVs) incorporating a blend of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT …

Nanostructures for light trapping in thin film solar cells

A Peter Amalathas, MM Alkaisi - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thin film solar cells are one of the important candidates utilized to reduce the cost of
photovoltaic production by minimizing the usage of active materials. However, low light …

Plasmonic‐enhanced organic photovoltaics: Breaking the 10% efficiency barrier

Q Gan, FJ Bartoli, ZH Kafafi - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in molecular organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have shown 10% power
conversion efficiency (PCE) for single‐junction cells, which put them in direct competition …

Solid-state plasmonic solar cells

K Ueno, T Oshikiri, Q Sun, X Shi, H Misawa - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metallic nanoparticles such as silver and gold show localized surface plasmon resonances
(LSPRs), which are associated with near-field enhancement effects in the vicinity of …

Design considerations for plasmonic photovoltaics

VE Ferry, JN Munday, HA Atwater - Advanced materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the recent research progress in the incorporation of plasmonic
nanostructures with photovoltaic devices and the potential for surface plasmon enhanced …

Large-area wide-angle spectrally selective plasmonic absorber

C Wu, B Neuner III, G Shvets, J John, A Milder… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
A simple metamaterial-based wide-angle plasmonic absorber is introduced, fabricated, and
experimentally characterized using angle-resolved infrared spectroscopy. The …