Review on the processing and properties of polymer nanocomposites and nanocoatings and their applications in the packaging, automotive and solar energy fields

K Müller, E Bugnicourt, M Latorre, M Jorda… - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
For the last decades, nanocomposites materials have been widely studied in the scientific
literature as they provide substantial properties enhancements, even at low nanoparticles …

Bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells: five core technologies for their commercialization

H Kang, G Kim, J Kim, S Kwon, H Kim… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The past two decades of vigorous interdisciplinary approaches has seen tremendous
breakthroughs in both scientific and technological developments of bulk‐heterojunction …

Encapsulation of organic and perovskite solar cells: A review

A Uddin, MB Upama, H Yi, L Duan - Coatings, 2019 - mdpi.com
Photovoltaic is one of the promising renewable sources of power to meet the future
challenge of energy need. Organic and perovskite thin film solar cells are an emerging cost …

Carbon nanomaterials for electronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, and sensing

D Jariwala, VK Sangwan, LJ Lauhon… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last three decades, zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, and two-dimensional carbon
nanomaterials (ie, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, respectively) have attracted …

Burn‐in Free Nonfullerene‐Based Organic Solar Cells

N Gasparini, M Salvador, S Strohm… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells that are free of burn‐in, the commonly observed rapid performance loss
under light, are presented. The solar cells are based on poly (3‐hexylthiophene)(P3HT) with …

Polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

C Deibel, V Dyakonov - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Organic solar cells have the potential to be low-cost and efficient solar energy converters,
with a promising energy balance. They are made of carbon-based semiconductors, which …

Molecular semiconductors in organic photovoltaic cells

AW Hains, Z Liang, MA Woodhouse… - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
We begin with a general description of the chemical, physical, and electrical properties of
organic semiconductors, OSCs, a class of materials that includes molecular semiconductors …

Interface materials for organic solar cells

R Steim, FR Kogler, CJ Brabec - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The progress in the development and understanding of interfacial materials for organic
photovoltaics (OPV) is reviewed. The proper choice of interface materials is a must for highly …

Degradation mechanisms in organic photovoltaic devices

N Grossiord, JM Kroon, R Andriessen, PWM Blom - Organic Electronics, 2012 - Elsevier
In the present review, the main degradation mechanisms occurring in the different layer
stacking (ie photoactive layer, electrode, encapsulation film, interconnection) of polymeric …

High efficiency polymer solar cells with long operating lifetimes

CH Peters, IT Sachs‐Quintana… - Advanced Energy …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Figure 1. Typical decay curve of a polymer solar cell (solid black line) employing a standard
architecture with an organic hole transporting layer as the anode and a metal (eg, Ca/Al) as …