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Polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

Jenny Nelson
- 01 Oct 2011 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 10, pp 462-470
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The efficiency of solar cells made from a conjugated polymer blended with a fullerene derivative has risen from around 1 % to over 9 % in the last ten years, making organic photovoltaic technology a viable contender for commercialization as mentioned in this paper.
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This article is published in Materials Today.The article was published on 2011-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 391 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells & Organic solar cell.

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Stability of polymer solar cells.

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Earth-abundant inorganic electrocatalysts and their nanostructures for energy conversion applications

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Organic light detectors: photodiodes and phototransistors.

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Materials interface engineering for solution-processed photovoltaics

TL;DR: The nanometre and micrometre scale interfaces between the crystalline domains that make up solution-processed solar cells are crucial for efficient charge transport and controlling the collection and minimizing the trapping of charge carriers at these boundaries is crucial to efficiency.
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Polymer photovoltaic cells : enhanced efficiencies via a network of internal donor-acceptor heterojunctions

TL;DR: In this paper, the carrier collection efficiency and energy conversion efficiency of polymer photovoltaic cells were improved by blending of the semiconducting polymer with C60 or its functionalized derivatives.
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High-efficiency solution processable polymer photovoltaic cells by self-organization of polymer blends

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report highly efficient polymer solar cells based on a bulk heterojunction of polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) and methanofullerene.
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Two‐layer organic photovoltaic cell

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-layer organic photovoltaic cell was fabricated from copper phthalocyanine and a perylene tetracarboxylic derivative, achieving a power conversion efficiency of about 1% under simulated AM2 illumination.
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Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100

TL;DR: In this paper, a polymer solar cell based on a bulk hetereojunction design with an internal quantum efficiency of over 90% across the visible spectrum (425 nm to 575 nm) is reported.
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For the Bright Future—Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

TL;DR: The past success in organic light-emitting diodes provides scientists with confidence that organic photovoltaic devices will be a vital alternate to the inorganic counterpart, and the easiness of the fabrication holds the promise of very low-cost manufacturing process.
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