Synthesis, optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties of conjugated alternating copolymers incorporating 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole or fluorenone units: a comparative study

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (29) ◽  
pp. 15236-15244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Delbosc ◽  
Wan Zaireen Nisa Yahya ◽  
Noëlla Lemaitre ◽  
Solenn Berson ◽  
Franz Fuchs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Photovoltaic Properties ◽  
Alternating Copolymers ◽  
High Band

High band gap copolymers containing were synthesized and compared for application in bulkheterojunction solar cells.

A comparative study of solution-processed low- and high-band-gap chalcopyrite thin-film solar cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (13) ◽  
pp. 135105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se Jin Park ◽  
Yunae Cho ◽  
Sung Hwan Moon ◽  
Ji Eun Kim ◽  
Doh-Kwon Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
High Band

scholarly journals Characterization of CuO/n-Si heterojunction solar cells produced by thermal evaporation

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 668-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reşit Özmenteş ◽  
Cabir Temirci ◽  
Abdullah Özkartal ◽  
Kadir Ejderha ◽  
Nezir Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Thermal Evaporation ◽  
Front Surface ◽  
Band Gap Energy ◽  
Monoclinic Crystal ◽  
Photovoltaic Properties ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Monoclinic Crystal Structure

AbstractCopper(II) oxide (CuO) in powder form was evaporated thermally on the front surface of an n-Si (1 0 0) single crystal using a vacuum coating unit. Structural investigation of the deposited CuO film was made using X-ray difraction (XRD) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) techniques. It was determined from the obtained results that the copper oxide films exhibited single-phase CuO properties in a monoclinic crystal structure. Transmittance measurement of the CuO film was performed by a UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Band gap energy of the film was determined as 1.74 eV under indirect band gap assumption. Current-voltage (I-V) measurements of the CuO/n-Si heterojunctions were performed under illumination and in the dark to reveal the photovoltaic and electrical properties of the produced samples. From the I-V measurements, it was revealed that the CuO/n-Si heterojunctions produced by thermal evaporation exibit excellent rectifying properties in dark and photovoltaic properties under illumination. Conversion efficiencies of the CuO/n-Si solar cells are comparable to those of CuO/n-Si produced by other methods described in the literature.

scholarly journals Molecular Engineering Enhances the Charge Carriers Transport in Wide Band-Gap Polymer Donors Based Polymer Solar Cells

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (18) ◽  
pp. 4101
Author(s):  
Siyang Liu ◽  
Shuwang Yi ◽  
Peiling Qing ◽  
Weijun Li ◽  
Bin Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Acid Methyl Ester ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Molecular Engineering ◽  
Wide Band Gap ◽  
Photovoltaic Properties ◽  
Solvent Vapor

The novel and appropriate molecular design for polymer donors are playing an important role in realizing high-efficiency and high stable polymer solar cells (PSCs). In this work, four conjugated polymers (PIDT-O, PIDTT-O, PIDT-S and PIDTT-S) with indacenodithiophene (IDT) and indacenodithieno [3,2-b]thiophene (IDTT) as the donor units, and alkoxy-substituted benzoxadiazole and benzothiadiazole derivatives as the acceptor units have been designed and synthesized. Taking advantages of the molecular engineering on polymer backbones, these four polymers showed differently photophysical and photovoltaic properties. They exhibited wide optical bandgaps of 1.88, 1.87, 1.89 and 1.91 eV and quite impressive hole mobilities of 6.01 × 10−4, 7.72 × 10−4, 1.83 × 10−3, and 1.29 × 10−3 cm2 V−1 s−1 for PIDT-O, PIDTT-O, PIDT-S and PIDTT-S, respectively. Through the photovoltaic test via using PIDT-O, PIDTT-O, PIDT-S and PIDTT-S as donor materials and [6,6]-phenyl-C-71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) as acceptor materials, all the PSCs presented the high open circuit voltages (Vocs) over 0.85 V, whereas the PIDT-S and PIDTT-S based devices showed higher power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 5.09% and 4.43%, respectively. Interestingly, the solvent vapor annealing (SVA) treatment on active layers could improve the fill factors (FFs) extensively for these four polymers. For PIDT-S and PIDTT-S, the SVA process improved the FFs exceeding 71%, and ultimately the PCEs were increased to 6.05%, and 6.12%, respectively. Therefore, this kind of wide band-gap polymers are potentially candidates as efficient electron-donating materials for constructing high-performance PSCs.

High band gap Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells and modules prepared with in-line co-evaporation

2003 ◽  
Vol 431-432 ◽  
pp. 543-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kniese ◽  
Dimitri Hariskos ◽  
Georg Voorwinden ◽  
Uwe Rau ◽  
Michael Powalla
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
High Band

scholarly journals EDOT–diketopyrrolopyrrole copolymers for polymer solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 3477-3486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Wang ◽  
Christian J. Mueller ◽  
Eliot Gann ◽  
Amelia C. Y. Liu ◽  
Mukundan Thelakkat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Optical Band Gap ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Photovoltaic Properties

The photovoltaic properties of a series of EDOT-containing DPP polymers with optical band gap as low as 1.13 eV are reported.

Narrow band gap conjugated polymer for improving the photovoltaic performance of P3HT:PCBM ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 962-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Murali ◽  
Arun D. Rao ◽  
Sarita Yadav ◽  
Praveen C. Ramamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Conjugated Polymer ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Photovoltaic Performance ◽  
Ternary Blend ◽  
Photovoltaic Properties ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

A new low band gap conjugated polymer PBDO-T-TDP is synthesized and used as a sensitizer in P3HT:PCBM based BHJ solar cells and its effect on their photovoltaic properties is investigated by blending them at various weight ratios.

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