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Recent trends in polymer tandem solar cells research
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In this paper, the authors provide the latest progress in polymer tandem solar cell technology with a focus on active layer materials and interfacial materials for sub-cell interconnection, and discuss the interconnecting layer consisting of p- and n-type interfacial layers, which is equally critical for polymer tandem photovoltaic cells.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 255 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polymer solar cell & Organic solar cell.read more
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Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells
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Next-generation organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight recent progress on single-junction and tandem NFA solar cells and research directions to achieve even higher efficiencies of 15-20% using NFA-based organic photovoltaics are also proposed.
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Low-Bandgap Near-IR Conjugated Polymers/Molecules for Organic Electronics
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An Efficient Triple‐Junction Polymer Solar Cell Having a Power Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 11%
Chun-Chao Chen,Wei-Hsuan Chang,Ken Yoshimura,Kenichiro Ohya,Jingbi You,Jing Gao,Zirou Hong,Yang Yang +7 more
TL;DR: A triple-junction tandem design is demonstrated by employing three distinct organic donor materials having bandgap energies ranging from 1.4 to 1.9 eV and can exhibit a record-high PCE of 11.5%.
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Recent progress and perspective in solution-processed Interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer and organometal perovskite solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the latest developments in solution-processed interfacial layers that have contributed to the significantly improved performance of polymer and perovskite solar cells (PSCs and PVSCs).
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Detailed Balance Limit of Efficiency of p‐n Junction Solar Cells
TL;DR: In this article, an upper theoretical limit for the efficiency of p−n junction solar energy converters, called the detailed balance limit of efficiency, has been calculated for an ideal case in which the only recombination mechanism of holeelectron pairs is radiative as required by the principle of detailed balance.
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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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Conjugated polymer-based organic solar cells
TL;DR: This review gives a general introduction to the materials, production techniques, working principles, critical parameters, and stability of the organic solar cells, and discusses the alternative approaches such as polymer/polymer solar cells and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells.
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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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Design Rules for Donors in Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells—Towards 10 % Energy‐Conversion Efficiency
Markus C. Scharber,David Mühlbacher,Markus Koppe,Patrick Denk,Christoph Waldauf,Alan J. Heeger,Christoph J. Brabec +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a review of several organic photovoltaics (OPV) technologies, including conjugated polymers with high-electron-affinity molecules like C60 (as in the bulk-heterojunction solar cell).