Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency
- Hsiang‐Yu Chen, Jianhui Hou, Gang Li
- Materials Science, Engineering
- 1 November 2009
Following the development of the bulk heterojunction1 structure, recent years have seen a dramatic improvement in the efficiency of polymer solar cells. Maximizing the open-circuit voltage in a…
For the Bright Future—Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%
- Yongye Liang, Zheng Xu, Luping Yu
- Materials ScienceAdvances in Materials
- 25 May 2010
The past success in organic light-emitting diodes provides scientists with confidence that organic photovoltaic devices will be a vital alternate to the inorganic counterpart, and the easiness of the fabrication holds the promise of very low-cost manufacturing process.
Highly efficient solar cell polymers developed via fine-tuning of structural and electronic properties.
- Yongye Liang, D. Feng, Luping Yu
- Materials Science, ChemistryJournal of the American Chemical Society
- 19 May 2009
It was found that films with finely distributed polymer/fulleride interpenetrating network exhibited improved solar cell conversion efficiency, and the results proved that polymer solar cells have a bright future.
Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells.
- Luyao Lu, Tianyue Zheng, Qinghe Wu, Alexander M. Schneider, Donglin Zhao, Luping Yu
- ChemistryChemical Reviews
- 7 August 2015
Erratum: Structure, dynamics, and power conversion efficiency correlations in a new low bandgap polymer: PCBM solar cell (The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)
- Jianchang Guo, Yongye Liang, Lin X. Chen
- Chemistry
- 8 April 2010
Understanding Low Bandgap Polymer PTB7 and Optimizing Polymer Solar Cells Based on It
Solution processed single junction polymer solar cells (PSCs) have been developed from less than 1% power conversion efficiency (PCE) to beyond 9% PCE in the last decade. The significant efficiency…
Development of new semiconducting polymers for high performance solar cells.
- Yongye Liang, Yue Wu, Luping Yu
- ChemistryJournal of the American Chemical Society
- 14 January 2009
A new low band gap semiconducting polymer, PTB1, was synthesized and found promising for solar energy harvesting, and an external quantum efficiency of 67% and fill-factor of 65% are achieved, both of which are among the highest values reported for a solar cell system based on a lowBand gap polymer.
Stille polycondensation for synthesis of functional materials.
- Bridget Carsten, Feng He, H. Son, Tao Xu, Luping Yu
- ChemistryChemical Reviews
- 11 February 2011
Effects of additives on the morphology of solution phase aggregates formed by active layer components of high-efficiency organic solar cells.
- Sylvia J. Lou, J. Szarko, T. Xu, Luping Yu, T. Marks, Lin X. Chen
- Materials ScienceJournal of the American Chemical Society
- 5 December 2011
It is concluded that DIO selectively dissolves PC(71)BM aggregates, allowing their intercalation into PTB7 domains, thereby optimizing both the domain size and the PTB 7-PC( 71)BM interface.
Hierarchical nanomorphologies promote exciton dissociation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells.
- Wei Chen, T. Xu, S. Darling
- ChemistryNano letters (Print)
- 10 August 2011
These hierarchical nanomorphologies are coupled to significantly enhanced exciton dissociation, which consequently contribute to photocurrent, indicating that the nanostructural characteristics at multiple length scales is one of the key factors determining the performance of PTB7 copolymer, and likely most polymer/fullerene systems, in OPV devices.
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