Charge carrier recombination in organic solar cells

CM Proctor, M Kuik, TQ Nguyen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Solution deposited bulk heterojunction organic solar cells are viewed as one of the most
promising alternative energy sources because of their ease of processing and their potential …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization and simplification of polymer–fullerene solar cells through polymer and active layer design

PP Khlyabich, B Burkhart, AE Rudenko, BC Thompson - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
Polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells have consistently been at the
forefront of the growing field of organic photovoltaics (OPV). The enduring vision of OPV is …

Conjugated donor-acceptor polymer photocatalysts with electron-output “tentacles” for efficient hydrogen evolution

ZA Lan, W Ren, X Chen, Y Zhang, X Wang - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
The tunable structures and versatile properties for conjugated polymers (CPs) make them
viable as a molecular platform for photocatalytic water splitting. Normally, structure design of …

Charge formation, recombination, and sweep‐out dynamics in organic solar cells

SR Cowan, N Banerji, WL Leong… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a critical discussion of the various physical processes occurring in
organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells based on recent experimental results. The …

Ultrafast exciton dissociation followed by nongeminate charge recombination in PCDTBT: PCBM photovoltaic blends

F Etzold, IA Howard, R Mauer, M Meister… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The precise mechanism and dynamics of charge generation and recombination in bulk
heterojunction polymer: fullerene blend films typically used in organic photovoltaic devices …

Molecular design of covalent triazine frameworks with anisotropic charge migration for photocatalytic hydrogen production

ZA Lan, X Chi, M Wu, X Zhang, X Chen, G Zhang… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) represent promising polymeric photocatalysts for
photocatalytic hydrogen production with visible light. However, the separation and transfer of …

Models of charge pair generation in organic solar cells

S Few, JM Frost, J Nelson - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient charge pair generation is observed in many organic photovoltaic (OPV)
heterojunctions, despite nominal electron–hole binding energies which greatly exceed the …

Identifying a Threshold Impurity Level for Organic Solar Cells: Enhanced First‐Order Recombination Via Well‐Defined PC84BM Traps in Organic Bulk Heterojunction …

SR Cowan, WL Leong, N Banerji… - Advanced Functional …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Small amounts of impurity, even one part in one thousand, in polymer bulk heterojunction
solar cells can alter the electronic properties of the device, including reducing the open …

PCDTBT: en route for low cost plastic solar cells

S Beaupré, M Leclerc - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Since its inception in 1995, significant advances in the field of bulk heterojunction (BHJ)
solar cells have been made and polymeric semiconductors are now considered to be one of …

Molecular doping enhances photoconductivity in polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells.

Y Zhang, H Zhou, J Seifter, L Ying… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Addition of low concentrations (< 1: 100, dopant: donor) of a fluorinated p-type dopant, F4-
TCNQ leads to a considerable enhancement of the photocurrent in PCDTBT: PC70 BM bulk …