Open circuit voltage of organic solar cells: an in-depth review

NK Elumalai, A Uddin - Energy & Environmental Science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have developed progressively in efficiency over the last two
decades. Though it is promising, this technology is still far from realizing its full prospect …

Color control in π-conjugated organic polymers for use in electrochromic devices

PM Beaujuge, JR Reynolds - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
In an emerging era of flexible, rollable, or foldable highperformance electronic displays, the
perspective of manufacturing low-cost functional materials that can be easily processed over …

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 …

Chloride inclusion and hole transport material doping to improve methyl ammonium lead bromide perovskite-based high open-circuit voltage solar cells

E Edri, S Kirmayer, M Kulbak, G Hodes… - The journal of physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Low-cost solar cells with high V OC, relatively small (EG–qV OC), and high qV OC/EG ratio,
where EG is the absorber band gap, are long sought after, especially for use in tandem cells …

A high-mobility electron-transport polymer with broad absorption and its use in field-effect transistors and all-polymer solar cells

X Zhan, Z Tan, B Domercq, Z An, X Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
An electron-transport polymer with good solution processibility, excellent thermal stability,
and high electron affinity based on alternating perylene diimide and dithienothiophene units …

Relationship between energetic disorder and open-circuit voltage in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

JC Blakesley, D Neher - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2011 - APS
We simulate organic bulk heterojunction solar cells. The effects of energetic disorder are
incorporated through a Gaussian or exponential model of density of states. Analytical …

Offset energies at organic semiconductor heterojunctions and their influence on the open-circuit voltage of thin-film solar cells

BP Rand, DP Burk, SR Forrest - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2007 - APS
Organic semiconductor heterojunction (HJ) energy level offsets are modeled using a
combination of Marcus theory for electron transfer, and generalized Shockley theory of the …

Electron transporting semiconducting polymers in organic electronics

X Zhao, X Zhan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Significant progress has been achieved in the preparation of semiconducting polymers over
the past two decades, and successful commercial devices based on them are slowly …

The donor–acceptor approach allows a black-to-transmissive switching polymeric electrochrome

PM Beaujuge, S Ellinger, JR Reynolds - Nature materials, 2008 - nature.com
In the context of the fast-growing demand for innovative high-performance display
technologies, the perspective of manufacturing low-cost functional materials that can be …

Solar cells utilizing small molecular weight organic semiconductors

BP Rand, J Genoe, P Heremans… - Progress in …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we focus on the field of organic photovoltaic cells based on small molecular
weight materials. In particular, we discuss the physical processes that lead to photocurrent …