Solar electricity and solar fuels: status and perspectives in the context of the energy transition

N Armaroli, V Balzani - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables is already ongoing, but it will be a long
and difficult process because the energy system is a gigantic and complex machine. Key …

Fundamentals of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells: An overview of stability/degradation issues and strategies for improvement

S Rafique, SM Abdullah, K Sulaiman… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last few years, the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) based on bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) structure has remarkably improved. However, for a large scale roll to …

Transition metal oxides for organic electronics: energetics, device physics and applications

J Meyer, S Hamwi, M Kröger, W Kowalsky… - Advanced …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
During the last few years, transition metal oxides (TMO) such as molybdenum tri‐oxide
(MoO3), vanadium pent‐oxide (V2O5) or tungsten tri‐oxide (WO3) have been extensively …

A rhodanine flanked nonfullerene acceptor for solution-processed organic photovoltaics

S Holliday, RS Ashraf, CB Nielsen… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A novel small molecule, FBR, bearing 3-ethylrhodanine flanking groups was synthesized as
a nonfullerene electron acceptor for solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic …

Graphene‐based materials for solar cell applications

Z Yin, J Zhu, Q He, X Cao, C Tan… - Advanced energy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene has attracted increasing attention due to its unique electrical, optical,
optoelectronic, and mechanical properties, which have opened up huge numbers of …

High performance hybrid solar cells sensitized by organolead halide perovskites

B Cai, Y Xing, Z Yang, WH Zhang, J Qiu - Energy & Environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid state hybrid solar cells with hybrid organolead halide perovskites (CH3NH3PbBr3 and
CH3NH3PbI3) as light harvesters and p-type polymer poly [N-9-hepta-decanyl-2, 7 …

Highly efficient organic tandem solar cells: a follow up review

T Ameri, N Li, CJ Brabec - Energy & Environmental Science, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-junction solar cell configurations, where two or further sub-cells with complementary
absorption are stacked and connected in series or parallel, offer an exciting approach to …

Nanochemistry and nanomaterials for photovoltaics

G Chen, J Seo, C Yang, PN Prasad - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanochemistry and nanomaterials provide numerous opportunities for a new generation of
photovoltaics with high solar energy conversion efficiencies at low fabrication cost. Quantum …

Molecular template growth and its applications in organic electronics and optoelectronics

J Yang, D Yan, TS Jones - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Organic electronics and optoelectronics are continuing to attract huge
amounts of interest for their great potential in lowcost, large-area, and flexible consumer …

Efficient ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cells with tunable open-circuit voltage

PP Khlyabich, B Burkhart… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
To explore the potential of ternary blend bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaics as a
general platform for increasing the attainable performance of organic solar cells, a model …