... cycles B) The JV characteristics of the cells based on the ZnO/QW and ZnO/HJ solarcells C) IPCE curves of the cells based on the ZnO/QW and ZnO/HJ solar cells: pink hatched region indicates the ... Ksp value of target semiconductor (AC) is sufciently smaller than that of precursor semiconductor (AB), the C ions in solution are driven to replace the B ions in precursor semiconductor, leading ... His research interest focuses on multinary chalcogenide photovoltaic materials, semiconductor sensitized solar cells, and optoelectronic devices Chun-Sing Lee obtained his Doctor of Philosophy...
... relationships in organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solarcells For this purpose, we have rst generalized the existing device models for organic bilayer and BHJ solarcells by reformulating the interfacial ... organic pseudo-bilayer solar cells, J Appl Phys 112, 084511 (2012) T Zhang, E Birgersson, and J Luther, A spatially-smoothed device model for organic bulk heterojunctionsolar cells, J Appl Phys ... organic bulk heterojunctionsolarcells Physica B 456 267 (2015) T Zhang, E Birgersson, and J Luther, Modelling the structure-property relations in pillarstructured donor/acceptor solar cells, Organ...
... …………………………………………………………… 1.1 Solar Energy …………………………………………………………………2 1.2 Solarcells ……………………………………………………………………3 1.3 Organic solarcells ………………………………………………………… 1.3.1 Organic semiconductors …………….………………………… ... conjugated polymers [66], conjugated polymer blends [67 to 69], bi-layer devices based on small molecules and conjugated polymers [70, 71] A widely used concept in organic solarcells is the use of polymer/ fullerene ... bulk heterojunction concept (see Fig 1.8) Most of the significant work in organic solarcells was done based on this concept and produced some encouraging results Bulk heterojunctionsolar cells...
... ZnSe/CdS-NiO solar cell: Performance enhancement by heterojunction interface formation 48 4.5 Effect of heterojunction interface: comparison of CdS/CdSe-NiO and ZnS/CdSe-NiO solarcells 51 5- ... of solarcells fabricated from different deposition cycles of CdS (a) and CdSe (b) 25 Figure 3-7-j-V characteristics of solarcells fabricated from CdS, CdSe and CdS/CdSe sensitized NiO cells ... types of solarcells such as multi-junction cells, dye sensitized cells, optical up- and down converters, multiple carrier generation by impact ionization and etc.[2] Dye sensitized solar cell...
... in low-bandgap polymersolarcells by processing with alkane dithiols Nature Mater 6, 497-500 (2007) 32 Liang, Y et al For the bright future—bulk heterojunctionpolymersolarcells with power ... conjugated polymer/ fullerene bulk heterojunction organic solarcells Nano Lett 5, 269-274 (2005) 56 Coffey, D C & Ginger, D S Time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy of polymersolarcells Nature ... during charge separation further limits the overall PCE of organic bulk heterojunctionsolarcells 16 1.5.2 Tandem polymersolarcells The discussion in last section indicates that the PCE may merely...
... photocells: a route to plastic solarcells Synth Met 1999, 102:861-864 Yu G, Heeger AJ: Charge separation and photovoltaic conversion in polymer composites with internal donor-acceptor heterojunctions ... composite polymer/ fullerene films for organic solarcells Adv Funct Mater 2005, 15:1193-1196 14 Padinger F, Rittberger RS, Sariciftci NS: Effects of postproduction treatment on plastic solarcells ... methanofullerenes solarcells processed with additive J Phys Chem C 2009, 113:7946-7953 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-56 Cite this article as: Kim et al.: Performance characteristics of polymer photovoltaic solar cells...
... photocells: a route to plastic solarcells Synth Met 1999, 102:861-864 Yu G, Heeger AJ: Charge separation and photovoltaic conversion in polymer composites with internal donor-acceptor heterojunctions ... composite polymer/ fullerene films for organic solarcells Adv Funct Mater 2005, 15:1193-1196 14 Padinger F, Rittberger RS, Sariciftci NS: Effects of postproduction treatment on plastic solarcells ... methanofullerenes solarcells processed with additive J Phys Chem C 2009, 113:7946-7953 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-56 Cite this article as: Kim et al.: Performance characteristics of polymer photovoltaic solar cells...
... and band diagram (b) for polymer/ ZnO solar cell sensitized by PbS QDs Figure I-V characteristics The I-V characteristics of the polymer/ ZnO solar cell and the solarcells sensitized by the PbS ... organic/inorganic hybrid solarcells Various semiconductor QDs such as CdS [8-10], CdSe [11, 12], PbS [13, 14], PbSe [15, 16], and InP [17] have been adopted in the hybrid solarcells The QD-sensitized ... QD-sensitized MEH-PPV/ZnO [20] solarcells with a cascade energy alignment were shown in Figure Figure shows the I-V characteristics of the MEH-PPV/ZnO solar cell and the solarcells sensitized by the...
... chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 A brief overview of polymersolarcells 1.1.1 Historical background of polymersolarcells The history of polymersolar cells, or organic photovoltaics in general, is ... Introduction 1.1 A brief overview of polymersolarcells (PSCs) 1.1.1 Historical background of polymersolarcells 1.1.2 Device physics of bulk -heterojunction PSC 1.1.3 Important ... the anode, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 2012, 96, 238-243 Sun K, Zhang HM, Ouyang JY, Indium tin oxide modified with sodium compounds as cathode of inverted polymersolar cells, Journal...
... nCdSe-sensitized SnO2 cells under various treatment conditions 153 xvi List of Symbols and Abbreviations SSCs Semiconductor- sensitized solarcells DSCs Dye-sensitized solarcells TCO Transparent ... types of solarcells based on cheaper materials and technology than those used in the thin film technology have become crucial for widespread use Excitonic solarcells such as organic solar cells, ... comparisons were made with that of the widely used TiO2 1.2 Semiconductor- sensitized solarcells The working principle of semiconductor- sensitized solarcells (SSCs) is analogous to DSCs with the generation...
... of solar cell designs have already been demonstrated [4], ranging from monocrystalline/multicrystalline solar cells, thin-film solar cells, organic solar cells, tandem cells, concentrator cells ... 14 2.1 History of heterojunction silicon wafer solarcells 14 2.2 Working principles of heterojunction silicon solarcells 15 2.3 Loss mechanisms in the solarcells 18 2.4 ... thesis (a) Diffused homojunction cells, (b) hybrid (homojunction /heterojunction) cells, (c) conventional full-area heterojunction cells, (d) full-area heterojunctioncells that utilize conductive...
... physics of solarcells [4] The first modern solar cell concept was born in the Bell laboratories in 1941, which was based on crystalline silicon (c-Si) [5, 6] By 1954, these solarcells had reached ... optimisation and improvement of this type of heterojunction Si wafer solar cell As a key component that leads to the success of the heterojunctionsolar cells, this study will particularly address ... high-efficiency c-Si solarcells (Source: NREL, 2014) All-backcontact HIT cell structure reported by Panasonic yielded an efficiency of 25.6% in March 2014 [16] 1.1 Heterojunction silicon wafer solar cells: ...
... solarcells with high efficiency Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film solarcells have emerged as a viable sub‐ stitute for solid-state silicon solarcells The a-Si:H thin-film solar ... nanowire hybrid solarcells on glass Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 93, 621-624 [21] Zeng, L., Yu, X., Han, Y., & Yang, D (2011) Performance of silicon nanowire solarcells with a phosphorus ... Si nanostructured tandem solarcells Multiple- Junction solar cell One of the promising methods to enhance the efficiency of solarcells is to use a stack of so‐ lar cells, in which each cell...
... we expect the SiNWs solarcells to show improved optical properties compared with conventional planar Si solarcells Fig 2(a) shows the photograph of the fabricated SiNWs solar cell The surface ... I–V curve of the fabricated SiNWs solar cell was measured by solar simulator under AM 1.5 (100 mA/cm2) Fig shows the typical dark and light I–V curve of the SiNWs solar cell Clear rectifying behavior ... the fabricated SiNWs solar cell under dark and light conditions the thickness of Si base substrate more thinly For improvement of conversion efficiency of the SiNWs solar cells, the reduction...
... obtained by other researchers for solar hybrid vehicles [8] Fig – SOLAR FRACTION IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND MONTHS (Pav=5 KW, hd=2) 50 Solar Fraction 40 0.04 Solar Hybrid h=1 Solar Hybrid h=10 Commercial ... (1997), Evaluation of an Electric Motor and Gasoline Engine Hybrid Car Using Solar Cells, Solar Energy Material and SolarCells (47), 1997 [10] Seal M.R (1995), Viking 23 - zero emissions in the ... structure considered FIG – A PROTOTYPE OF SOLAR CAR FIG - SCHEME OF THE SERIES HYBRID SOLAR VEHICLE (SEE NOMENCLATURE) PV EG ICE II STRUCTURE OF THE SOLAR HYBRID VEHICLE As it is known, two different...
... Silicon-based solarcells can be divided into two main groups: homojunction wafer-based crystalline silicon (c-Si) solarcells and thin-film silicon solarcells Wafer-based c-Si solarcells dominated ... heterojunction silicon solarcells Their important work has contributed to a better understanding of heterojunctionsolar cell processing and operation 2 Heterojunction Silicon Based SolarCells ... homojunction and heterojunction crystalline silicon solarcells are compared, and the advantages of heterojunction silicon solarcells related to the processing of the junction and solar cell operation...
... Dye-Sensitized SolarCells 65 Zhigang Chen, Qiwei Tian, Minghua Tang and Junqing Hu Chapter Fabrication, Doping and Characterization of Polyaniline and Metal Oxides: Dye Sensitized SolarCells 95 Sadia ... SolarCells Based on Formation Mechanism 205 Motonari Adachi, Katsuya Yoshida, Takehiro Kurata, Jun Adachi, Katsumi Tsuchiya, Yasushige Mori and Fumio Uchida Chapter 10 Dye-Sensitized SolarCells ... the High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized SolarCells Based on the Metal Substrates 267 Ho-Gyeong Yun, Byeong-Soo Bae, Yongseok Jun and Man Gu Kang Chapter 13 Dye Solar Cells: Basic and Photon Management...
... Polymer Fullerene Composite Solar Cells, Angew Chem.Int Ed., 47(2008) 58-77 Gunes, S., Neugebauer, H., & Sariciftci, N S., Conjugated Polymer- Based Organic Solar Cells, Chem Rev., 107(2007)1324-1338 ... Hybrid Solar Cells, Chem Mater., 18 (2006) 5684-5690 Cantu, M L., Norrman, K., Andreasen, J.W., Pastor, N C., & Krebs, F.C., Detrimental Effect of Inert Atmospheres on Hybrid SolarCells Based on Semiconductor ... us to use very cheap, wide band-gap oxide semiconductors in solar cells, instead of expensive Si or III-V group semiconductors As a result, much cheaper solar energy at $1 or less per peak Watt...