Sunlight Energy Conversion Via Organics

Sam Shajing Sun, Hugh O'Neill

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14 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages675-715
Number of pages41
ISBN (Print)9780470721698
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2011

Keywords

  • Carriers, generated at donor/acceptor interface - toward large work function electrode
  • Donor/acceptor (or p/n type) bicontinuous ordered nanostructure (BONS) solar cell
  • Evolution and types of organic - and polymeric solar cells
  • Exciton, reaching a donor/acceptor interface - due to donor/acceptor frontier orbital energy offsets
  • Frenkel exciton, photogenerated - in donor or acceptor phase, diffusing via intra- or intermolecular energy transfer or "hopping" processes
  • Inorganic crystalline semiconductor-based solar cell technology - relatively mature
  • Organic/polymeric photovoltaic materials and devices
  • Photon absorption and exciton generation
  • Sunlight energy conversion - via organics
  • Tandem structured organic solar cells

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