Plasmonic solar cells: from rational design to mechanism overview

YH Jang, YJ Jang, S Kim, LN Quan, K Chung… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic effects have been proposed as a solution to overcome the limited light absorption
in thin-film photovoltaic devices, and various types of plasmonic solar cells have been …

Recent advances in transition metal complexes and light‐management engineering in organic optoelectronic devices

WCH Choy, WK Chan, Y Yuan - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Two of the recent major research topics in optoelectronic devices are discussed: the
development of new organic materials (both molecular and polymeric) for the active layer of …

The modification of ZnO surface with natural antioxidants to fabricate highly efficient and stable inverted organic solar cells

S Yang, H Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has proved to be an effective electron transport layer (ETL) in organic solar
cells (OSCs). However, a variety of defects on ZnO surface and improperly matched work …

Efficient ternary blend polymer solar cells with indene-C 60 bisadduct as an electron-cascade acceptor

P Cheng, Y Li, X Zhan - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Indene-C60 bisadduct (ICBA) is used as an electron-cascade acceptor material in poly {4, 8-
bis [(2-ethylhexyl) oxy] benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene-2, 6-diyl-alt-3-fluoro-2-[(2 …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer solar cells: P3HT: PCBM and beyond

PR Berger, M Kim - Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
For the last two decades, polymer solar cells (PSCs) have been a cynosure of the
photovoltaic community, as evidenced by the growing number of patent applications and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in hole-transporting layers for organic solar cells

C Anrango-Camacho, K Pavón-Ipiales… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Global energy demand is increasing; thus, emerging renewable energy sources, such as
organic solar cells (OSCs), are fundamental to mitigate the negative effects of fuel …

Au@ Ag core–shell nanocubes for efficient plasmonic light scattering effect in low bandgap organic solar cells

SW Baek, G Park, J Noh, C Cho, CH Lee, MK Seo… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this report, we propose a metal–metal core–shell nanocube (NC) as an advanced
plasmonic material for highly efficient organic solar cells (OSCs). We covered an Au core …

Solution‐processed metal oxide nanocrystals as carrier transport layers in organic and perovskite solar cells

D Ouyang, Z Huang, WCH Choy - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There has been rapid progress in solution‐processed organic solar cells (OSCs) and
perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) toward low‐cost and high‐throughput photovoltaic …

Boosting up the Low Catalytic Activity of Silver for H2 Production on Ag/TiO2 Photocatalyst: Thiocyanate as a Selective Modifier

Y Choi, H Kim, G Moon, S Jo, W Choi - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Noble metal cocatalysts like Pt have been widely employed as an essential ingredient in
many kinds of photocatalytic materials for solar hydrogen production. The high material cost …

Efficiency exceeding 10% for inverted polymer solar cells with a ZnO/ionic liquid combined cathode interfacial layer

W Yu, L Huang, D Yang, P Fu, L Zhou… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The interlayer inserted between the active layer and ITO has been demonstrated to be
crucial for the performance of inverted polymer solar cells (i-PSCs). In this work, we find that …