Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

Plasmonic solar cells: from rational design to mechanism overview

YH Jang, YJ Jang, S Kim, LN Quan, K Chung… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic effects have been proposed as a solution to overcome the limited light absorption
in thin-film photovoltaic devices, and various types of plasmonic solar cells have been …

Interfacial materials for organic solar cells: recent advances and perspectives

Z Yin, J Wei, Q Zheng - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown great promise as low‐cost photovoltaic devices for
solar energy conversion over the past decade. Interfacial engineering provides a powerful …

Solid-state plasmonic solar cells

K Ueno, T Oshikiri, Q Sun, X Shi, H Misawa - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metallic nanoparticles such as silver and gold show localized surface plasmon resonances
(LSPRs), which are associated with near-field enhancement effects in the vicinity of …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer solar cells: P3HT: PCBM and beyond

PR Berger, M Kim - Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
For the last two decades, polymer solar cells (PSCs) have been a cynosure of the
photovoltaic community, as evidenced by the growing number of patent applications and …

Moth-Eye TiO2 Layer for Improving Light Harvesting Efficiency in Perovskite Solar Cells.

SM Kang, S Jang, JK Lee, J Yoon, DE Yoo… - Small (Weinheim an …, 2016 - europepmc.org
A moth-eye nanostructured mp-TiO2 film using conventional lithography, nano-imprinting
and polydimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) stamping methods is demonstrated for the first time …

Plasmonic nanostructures for light trapping in organic photovoltaic devices

CH Chou, FC Chen - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, we have witnessed rapid advances in the development of organic
photovoltaic devices (OPVs). At present, the highest level of efficiency has surpassed 10 …

Diverse applications of MoO 3 for high performance organic photovoltaics: fundamentals, processes and optimization strategies

Y Gong, Y Dong, B Zhao, R Yu, S Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient and stable interface materials is an important part of the
research in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), which aims to realize higher efficiency, longer …

Plasmonic nanoparticle enhancement of solution-processed solar cells: practical limits and opportunities

ES Arinze, B Qiu, G Nyirjesy, SM Thon - Acs Photonics, 2016 - ACS Publications
Solution-processed solar cells are particularly suited to benefit from absorption
enhancement by plasmonic nanoparticles, due to their transport-limited film thicknesses and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances of plasmonic organic solar cells: Photophysical investigations

L Feng, M Niu, Z Wen, X Hao - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of metallic nanomaterials, such as gold (Au) and
silver (Ag), has been extensively exploited to improve the optical absorption, the charge …