Journal article
Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
Dept. of Exp. Phys., Julius-Maximilians-Univ. of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany1
Dept. of Mater. for Electron. & Energy Technol., Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany2
Solar cells based on solution-processable organic semiconductors have shown a considerable performance increase in recent years, and a lot of progress has been made in the understanding of the elementary processes of photogeneration. This review will first give a brief overview of the historic development of plastic photovoltaics, and summarize the current state of knowledge concerning the different steps from light absorption to charge extraction.
It becomes evident that recent developments and concepts for further improving the solar cell efficiencies show the potential of this technology for low-cost energy conversion.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Pages: | 1517-1527 |
| ISSN: | 15584542 and 1077260x |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2048892 |
Absorption Energy conversion Organic semiconductors Photovoltaic cells Photovoltaic effects Physics Plastics Polymers Power conversion Temperature charge extraction elementary processes light absorption low-cost energy conversion organic bulk-heterojunction solar cells organic semiconductors photogeneration photovoltaic effect photovoltaic effects plastic photovoltaics polymers semiconductor heterojunctions solar cell efficiency solar cells solution-processable organic semiconductors
