Organic Photovoltaics

Concepts and Realization
2003
ISBN: 978-3-540-00405-9
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, Band 60, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1370 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Materials Science

Achieving efficient solar energy conversion at both large scale and low cost is among the most important technological challenges for the near future. The present volume describes and explains the fundamentals of organic/plastic solar cells in a manner accessible to both researchers and students. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the operational principles underlying several types of solar cells that have absorber layers based on polymer materials and small molecules. It addresses competing approaches, such as polymer solar cells and dye-sensitized cells, while considering the thermodynamic principles within the context of these schemes. Organic Photovoltaics also analyzes in detail the charge-transfer processes in the bulk-heterojunction devices corresponding to the relevant mechanism of carrier generation. Emphasized throughout is the concept of interpenetrating polymer-fullerene networks, due to their high potential for improving power efficiency.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brabec, Christoph Joseph

Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar

Dyakonov, Vladimir

Parisi, Jürgen

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik, Dünne Schichten
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energienutzung, Energiegewinnung
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Solarenergie, Photovoltaik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Polymerchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Halbleiter- und Supraleiterphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Nuklearchemie, Photochemie, Strahlenchemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Bulk Heterojunction Composites.- 2 Optical and Spectroscopic Properties of Conjugated Polymers.- 3 Transport Properties of Conjugated Polymers.- 4 Quantum Solar Energy Conversion and Application to Organic Solar Cells.- 5 Semiconductor Aspects of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells.- 6 Organic Photodiodes: From Diodes to Blends.- 7 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.