Scanning probe microscopy of solar cells: From inorganic thin films to organic photovoltaics

Submicrosecond Time Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy for Probing Nanoscale Dynamics

(2012) Rajiv Giridharagopal et al.   NANO LETTERS

Solution-Processed Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Tandem Solar Cells

(2011) Joshua J. Choi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanoscale Characterization of Tetrabenzoporphyrin and Fullerene-Based Solar Cells by Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscopy

(2011) Michele Guide et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Symmetry-dependence of electronic grain boundary properties in polycrystalline CuInSe2 thin films

(2011) Robert Baier et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Atomic-scale characterization of the CdS/CuInSe2 interface in thin-film solar cells

(2011) O. Cojocaru-Mirédin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Economic assessment of solar electricity production from organic-based photovoltaic modules in a domestic environment

(2011) Brian Azzopardi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Direct Observation of Charge Generating Regions and Transport Pathways in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Asymmetric Electrodes Using near Field Photocurrent Microscopy

(2011) Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Mapping of Photocurrent and Photoluminescence in Polymer Blend Photovoltaic Devices

(2011) Thomas J. K. Brenner et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 39)

(2011) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Heterogeneity in Polymer Solar Cells: Local Morphology and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy

(2010) Chris Groves et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Polymer Nanowire/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: How Nanostructure Determines Photovoltaic Properties

(2010) Hao Xin et al.   ACS Nano

Nanostructure and Optoelectronic Characterization of Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells by Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscopy

(2010) Xuan-Dung Dang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Molecular Semiconductors in Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2010) Alexander W. Hains et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Nanostructure determines the intensity-dependence of open-circuit voltage in plastic solar cells

(2010) Obadiah G. Reid et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Imaging Local Trap Formation in Conjugated Polymer Solar Cells: A Comparison of Time-Resolved Electrostatic Force Microscopy and Scanning Kelvin Probe Imaging

(2010) Obadiah G. Reid et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Imaging the Carrier Photogeneration in Nanoscale Phase Segregated Organic Heterojunctions by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

(2010) Evan J. Spadafora et al.   NANO LETTERS

Light Induced Charging of Polymer Functionalized Nanorods

(2010) Matthias Zorn et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct Evidence for a Reduced Density of Deep Level Defects at Grain Boundaries ofCu(In,Ga)Se2Thin Films

(2010) H. Mönig et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Large Neutral Barrier at Grain Boundaries in Chalcopyrite Thin Films

(2010) Michael Hafemeister et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy on Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Blends

(2009) Klára Maturová et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Three-dimensional structure of the buffer/absorber interface in CdS/CuGaSe2 based thin film solar cells

(2009) M. Rusu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Three-Dimensional Nanoscale Organization of Highly Efficient Low Band-Gap Conjugated Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Mark Dante et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Imaging the Evolution of Nanoscale Photocurrent Collection and Transport Networks during Annealing of Polythiophene/Fullerene Solar Cells

(2009) Liam S. C. Pingree et al.   NANO LETTERS

Subwavelength inhomogeneities in Cu(In,Ga)Se2thin films revealed by near-field scanning optical microscopy

(2009) Levent Gütay et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Combined analysis of spatially resolved electronic structure and composition on a cross-section of a thin film Cu(In1-xGax)S2solar cell

(2009) R. Mainz et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Microscopic and macroscopic manifestations of percolation transitions in a semiconductor composite

(2009) D. Azulay et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

New Insights on Atomic-Resolution Frequency-Modulation Kelvin-Probe Force-Microscopy Imaging of Semiconductors

(2009) Sascha Sadewasser et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Understanding the Atomic-Scale Contrast in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

(2009) Laurent Nony et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Measuring the Charge State of an Adatom with Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy

(2009) L. Gross et al.   SCIENCE

Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopy on Active Organic Electronic Devices

(2008) Liam S. C. Pingree et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mapping exciton quenching in photovoltaic-applicable polymer blends using time-resolved scanning near-field optical microscopy

(2008) A. Cadby et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanoscale Charge Transport and Internal Structure of Bulk Heterojunction Conjugated Polymer/Fullerene Solar Cells by Scanning Probe Microscopy

(2008) Mark Dante et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The Relationship between Nanoscale Architecture and Function in Photovoltaic Multichromophoric Arrays as Visualized by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

(2008) Vincenzo Palermo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Effects of bismuth on wide-depletion-width GaInNAs solar cells

(2008) A. J. Ptak et al.   JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B

Space Charge Limited Current Measurements on Conjugated Polymer Films using Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy

(2008) Obadiah G. Reid et al.   NANO LETTERS

Surface photovoltage analysis of thin CdS layers on polycrystalline chalcopyrite absorber layers by Kelvin probe force microscopy

(2008) Th Glatzel et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY