Non-innocent side-chains with dipole moments in organic solar cells improve charge separation [PDF]
, 2014 Providing sustainable energy is one of the biggest challenges nowadays. An attractive answer is the use of organic solar cells to capture solar energy.
Broer, Ria +2 more
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Improving photovoltaic response of poly„3-hexylthiophene…/n-Si heterojunction by incorporating double walled carbon nanotubes [PDF]
, 2006 Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/n-Si heterojunction solar cells were studied with and without incorporation of double walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNs) in the polymer layer. Performance of the device improves by manyfold by incorporation of DWCN. The authors report
Flahaut, Emmanuel +3 more
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Improving the photovoltaic response of a poly(3-octylthiophene)/n-Si heterojunction by incorporating double-walled carbon nanotubes [PDF]
, 2007 Poly(3-octylthiophene)/n-Si heterojunction solar cells were studied with and without incorporation of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNs) in the polymer layer. The performance of the device improves significantly by the incorporation of DWCNs.
Flahaut, Emmanuel +3 more
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Investigation of Indoor Stability Testing of Polymer Solar Cell
International Journal of Polymer Science, 2016 We have fabricated organic solar cell of a new low bandgap polymer poly[4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-4,7-bis(2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-5′,5′′-diyl] (PCPDTTBTT).
Pelin Kavak, Elif Alturk Parlak
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Modeling of organic solar cell using response surface methodology
Results in Physics, 2017 Polymer solar cells have drawn much attention during the past few decades due to their low manufacturing cost and incompatibility for flexible substrates.
Rajab Suliman +5 more
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Modeling morphology evolution during solvent-based fabrication of organic solar cells [PDF]
, 2012 Solvent-based techniques usually involve preparing dilute blends of electron-donor and electron-acceptor materials dissolved in a volatile solvent. After some form of coating onto a substrate, the solvent evaporates.
Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar +2 more
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Enhanced thermal stability of organic solar cells comprising ternary D-D-A bulk-heterojunctions
npj Flexible Electronics, 2017 Organic solar cells: Polymer mixtures enhance the thermal stability Organic solar cells increase their lifetime by adding another polymer component, paving the way towards commercialization.
Dominik Landerer +7 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are multilayer structures. The interface between electron transport layer and perovskite is the mechanical weakest point in flexible PSCs due to its low fracture energy.
Zhihao Li +9 more
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Bicontinuous minimal surface nanostructures for polymer blend solar cells [PDF]
, 2010 This paper presents the first examination of the potential for bicontinuous structures such as the gyroid structure to produce high efficiency solar cells based on conjugated polymers.
Alison B. Walker +63 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Distributed photovoltaics in living environment harvest the sunlight in different incident angles throughout the day. The development of planer solar cells with large light-receiving angle can reduce the requirements in installation form factor and is ...
Rui Zeng +20 more
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