The solar energy industry is greatly subsidized for several years but the costs of inorganic/silicon solar cell power plants or panels are still not economical. A method for reducing the manufacturing costs of solar cells is to utilize organic materials that could be processed under low-demanding situations. Organic solar cells have numerous intrinsic advantages, like their flexibility, low material, lightweight, low manufacturing costs, low toxicity, and minimal environmental impact. In the past few years, organic photovoltaics (OPV) has received immense attention owing to their exceptional features, such as low-temperature synthesis, light, and cheap materials, solution processability, and tunable electronic properties. Apart from environmental and economic benefits, most of the organic solar cells (SCs) exhibit higher efficiencies which are comparable with the efficiencies of silicon solar cells. They have exhibited conversion efficiencies of more than 13% to date. This book encompasses the fundamentals of organic solar photovoltaics. The detailed content of the book addresses the photovoltaic energy conversion limits and provides a well-explained overview of molecular electronics, which focuses on the working principle, manufacturing, and characterization of polymeric solar cells. Different chapters of the book focus on the electrochemical processes taking place in organic solar cells by offering a detailed explanation of the exciton separation, charge-carrier transport, and electricity generation. The book also focuses on the experimental methodologies for getting a thorough understanding of the key photovoltaic processes in different types of polymeric solar cells. The primary focus of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the fundamental features of organic solar cells.
Author(s): Sujata N. Mustapure
Publisher: Arcler Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 252
City: Burlington
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Title Page
Copyright
ABOUT THE EDITOR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction to Organic Solar Cells
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Characteristics of Organic Solar Cells (SCS)
1.3. The Current Situation
1.4. Operational Principles of OSCS
1.5. Solar Cell Architectures
1.6. Characterization of Organic Solar Cells (SCS)
References
Chapter 2 Polymeric Materials for Solar Cells
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Description of Novel Organic Materials
2.3. Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Nanocomposites
2.4. Fullerene-Containing Polymers for Organic Solar Cells (SCS)
2.5. Soluble Functionalized Polyanilines
2.6. Charge Transport in Thin Polymer Films
2.7. Organic Solar Cells (SCS) Based on Thin Polymer Films
2.8. Polymerizable Methanofullerene as a Buffer Layer Material for Organic Solar Cells (SCS)
References
Chapter 3 Donor Materials for Organic Solar Cells
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Performance Parameters of SCS (Solar Cells)
3.3. Smdms-Centered Photovoltaics (PVS)
3.4. Oligothiophene-Centered Smdms
3.5. Oligothiophene-Bdt (Benzodithiophene) Hybrids As SMDMS
3.6. IDT (Indacenodithiophene)-Centered Smdms
References
Chapter 4 Acceptors Materials for Organic Solar Cells
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Rylene Diimide-Centered Polymer Acceptors
4.3. Fluorene and Bt-Centered Polymer Acceptors
4.4. CN-Replaced Polymer Acceptors
4.5. Other Polymer Acceptors Comprising Electron-Removing Units
4.6. Summary
References
Chapter 5 Fabrication Techniques for Organic Solar Cells
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The Merger Challenge
5.3. Typical Structure of a Device
5.4. The Sea of Film-Forming Methods
5.5. Coating and Printing Methods
5.6. Patterning and Juxtaposition of the Multilayer Films
5.7. Roll-To-Roll (R2R) Methods
5.8. Other Techniques
References
Chapter 6 Characterization of Organic Solar Cells
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Dark Current-Voltage Characteristics
6.3. Open-Circuit Voltage Versus Light Intensity
6.4. Charge Extraction By Linearly Increasing Voltage (CELIV)
6.5. Transient Photovoltage (TPV) and Open-Circuit Voltage Decay (OCVD)
6.6. Impedance Spectroscopy
References
Chapter 7 Applications of Polymer and Graphene Nanocomposites in Solar Photovoltaics
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites as Transparent Conductive Electrodes (TCES)
7.3. Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites as Active Layers (ALS)
7.4. Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites as Interfacial Layers (IFLS)
References
Chapter 8 Organic Tandem Solar Cells
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Polymer Tandem Solar Cell Structure and Operation Mechanism
8.3. Development and Current Status of Polymer Tandem Solar Cells (SCS)
8.4. Polymer Materials for Tandem Solar Cells (SCS)
8.5. Tandem Device Engineering and Measurement
References
Index
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