Elementary processes and limiting factors in hybrid polymer/nanoparticle solar cells

H Borchert - Energy & Environmental Science, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor nanoparticles are promising for use as electron acceptors in polymer-based
bulk heterojunction solar cells. Potential advantages over fullerene derivates that are widely …

Controlling the properties of ZnO thin films by varying precursor concentration

M Soylu, M Coskun - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanofibers, changing the molar
concentration (M) of zinc acetate dihydrate (ZnAc) using 2-methoxyethanol and …

Effect of cadmium sulphide quantum dot processing and post thermal annealing on P3HT/PCBM photovoltaic device

MT Khan, R Bhargav, A Kaur, SK Dhawan, S Chand - Thin Solid Films, 2010 - Elsevier
The present study demonstrates the effect on photovoltaic performance of poly (3-
hexylthiophene)(P3HT) on doping of cadmium sulphide (CdS) quantum dots (QDs). The …

Effect of CdS nanocrystals on charge transport mechanism in poly (3-hexylthiophene)

MT Khan, A Almohammedi - Journal of Applied Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The present manuscript demonstrates the optical and electrical characteristics of poly (3-
hexylthiophene)(P3HT) and cadmium sulphide (CdS) hybrid nanocomposites. Optical …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement in performance of ternary blend-polymer solar cells using a PEDOT: PSS–graphene oxide hole transport layer via Förster resonance energy …

L Guguloth, K Singh, VSR Channu, K Kumari - Materials Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we report high performance ternary blend polymer solar cells (TPSCs)
fabricated by employing poly ((3-hexyl) thiophene)(P3HT): poly [4, 8-bis (5-(2-ethylhexyl) …

Improved hole mobility and suppressed trap density in polymer-polymer dual donor based highly efficient organic solar cells

V Bharti, A Sharma, V Gupta, GD Sharma… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Here we report, the charge transport properties of polymer-polymer dual donor blended film,
viz., polythieno [3, 4-b]-thiophene-co-benzodithiophene (PTB7) and poly [N-9 ″-hepta …

Photo-induced electron recombination dynamics in CdSe/P3HT hybrid heterojunctions

J Albero, E Martínez-Ferrero, J Ajuria… - Physical Chemistry …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the demonstration of efficient hybrid photovoltaic devices using CdSe/P3HT, a number
of different QD/polymer molecular solar cells have been investigated. However …

Connecting the (quantum) dots: towards hybrid photovoltaic devices based on chalcogenide gels

JN De Freitas, L Korala, LX Reynolds… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
CdSe (ZnS) core (shell) aerogels were prepared from the assembly of quantum dots into
mesoporous colloidal networks. The sol–gel method produces inorganic particle interfaces …

Effect of non-zero Schottky barrier on the JV characteristics of organic diodes

P Kumar, SC Jain, V Kumar, S Chand… - The European Physical …, 2009 - Springer
Current-voltage (JV characteristics of poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) are studied at different
temperatures upto high voltages∼ 20 V in the hole-only device configuration. The …

A comparative investigation of trap-limited hole transport properties in organic bulk heterojunctions

B Li, J Chen, D Yang, D Ma - Semiconductor science and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We have investigated the bulk hole transport properties of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc):
fullerene (C 60) and zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc): C 60 bulk heterojunctions by analyzing …