PCDTBT: en route for low cost plastic solar cells

Retention of Power Conversion Efficiency - From Small Area to Large Area Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Anshuman J. Das et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Transferable Graphene Oxide by Stamping Nanotechnology: Electron-Transport Layer for Efficient Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2013) Dong Hwan Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhanced performance in polymer solar cells by the use of a halogenated indium tin oxide anode

(2013) Shizhao Zheng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Air processed organic photovoltaic devices incorporating a MoOx anode buffer layer

(2013) Edward S. R. Bovill et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with PEDOT:PSS Bilayer Structure as Hole Extraction Layer

(2013) Wanjung Kim et al.   ChemSusChem

High-efficiency ITO-free polymer solar cells using highly conductive PEDOT:PSS/surfactant bilayer transparent anodes

(2013) Wenfeng Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Efficient Tandem and Triple-Junction Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Weiwei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Linear Side Chains in Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene–Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Polymers Direct Self-Assembly and Solar Cell Performance

(2013) Clément Cabanetos et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Novel Cathode Interlayers Based on Neutral Alcohol-Soluble Small Molecules with a Triphenylamine Core Featuring Polar Phosphonate Side Chains for High-Performance Polymer Light-Emitting and Photovoltaic Devices

(2013) Dongcheng Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Cathodic multilayer transparent electrodes for ITO-free inverted organic solar cells

(2013) Donggeon Han et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Highly-efficient charge separation and polaron delocalization in polymer–fullerene bulk-heterojunctions: a comparative multi-frequency EPR and DFT study

(2013) Jens Niklas et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Fabricating High Performance, Donor-Acceptor Copolymer Solar Cells by Spray-Coating in Air

(2013) Tao Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Selenophene vs. thiophene in benzothiadiazole-based low energy gap donor–acceptor polymers for photovoltaic applications

(2013) Abdulaziz A. B. Alghamdi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Constructing the nanointerpenetrating structure of PCDTBT:PC70BM bulk heterojunction solar cells induced by aggregation of PC70BM via mixed-solvent vapor annealing

(2013) Jiangang Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Charge transfer relaxation in donor–acceptor type conjugated materials

(2013) Mariateresa Scarongella et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Enhanced Performance of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells by Using Poly(ethylene oxide)-Modified ZnO as an Electron Transport Layer

(2012) Shuyan Shao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Efficiency Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Transparent and Work-Function Tunable MoO3-Al Composite Film as Cathode Buffer Layer

(2012) Jian Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Manifestation of Carrier Relaxation Through the Manifold of Localized States in PCDTBT:PC60BM Bulk Heterojunction Material: The Role of PC84BM Traps on the Carrier Transport

(2012) Wei Lin Leong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanostructured, Active Organic-Metal Junctions for Highly Efficient Charge Generation and Extraction in Polymer-Fullerene Solar Cells

(2012) Ajay K. Pandey et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solution Processed Polymer Tandem Solar Cell Using Efficient Small and Wide bandgap Polymer:Fullerene Blends

(2012) Veronique S. Gevaerts et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Enhancement of inverted polymer solar cells with solution-processed ZnO-TiOX composite as cathode buffer layer

(2012) Jian Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Controlled nanomorphology of PCDTBT–fullerene blends via polymer end-group functionalization for high efficiency organic solar cells

(2012) Chiyeoung Shim et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Based on an Alcohol Soluble Fullerene Derivative Interfacial Modification Material

(2012) Chunhui Duan et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

High-efficiency polymer photovoltaic cells using a solution-processable insulating interfacial nanolayer: the role of the insulating nanolayer

(2012) Kyung-Geun Lim et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fabrication and characterizations of PCDTBT: PC71BM bulk heterojunction solar cell using air brush coating method

(2012) Santhakumar Kannappan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Breaking Down the Problem: Optical Transitions, Electronic Structure, and Photoconductivity in Conjugated Polymer PCDTBT and in Its Separate Building Blocks

(2012) Natalie Banerji et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Slow geminate-charge-pair recombination dynamics at polymer: Fullerene heterojunctions in efficient organic solar cells

(2012) Françoise Provencher et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Photoinduced Charge Generation in a Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Material

(2012) Loren G. Kaake et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Optimising the efficiency of carbazole co-polymer solar-cells by control over the metal cathode electrode

(2012) Darren C. Watters et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Improving the nanoscale morphology and processibility for PCDTBT-based polymer solar cells via solvent mixtures

(2012) Gang Fang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Charge carrier mobility, bimolecular recombination and trapping in polycarbazole copolymer:fullerene (PCDTBT:PCBM) bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2012) Tracey M. Clarke et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Solution processable, precursor based zinc oxide buffer layers for 4.5% efficient organic tandem solar cells

(2012) Andreas Puetz et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Active layer thickness effect on the recombination process of PCDTBT:PC71BM organic solar cells

(2012) Gon Namkoong et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Ultrafast relaxation of charge-transfer excitons in low-bandgap conjugated copolymers

(2012) Inchan Hwang et al.   Chemical Science

Interplay between Bimolecular Recombination and Carrier Transport Distances in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2012) John R. Tumbleston et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Excitation Dynamics in Low Band Gap Donor-Acceptor Copolymers and Blends

(2012) Björn Gieseking et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Impact of UV-Visible Light on the Morphological and Photochemical Behavior of a Low-Bandgap Poly(2,7-Carbazole) Derivative for Use in High-Performance Solar Cells

(2012) Aurélien Tournebize et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Nanomorphology of PCDTBT:PC70BM Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2012) Ji Sun Moon et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Simultaneous Enhancement of Open-Circuit Voltage, Short-Circuit Current Density, and Fill Factor in Polymer Solar Cells

(2011) Zhicai He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Integrated with a Low-Temperature-Annealed Sol-Gel-Derived ZnO Film as an Electron Transport Layer

(2011) Yanming Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Mechanism of Burn-in Loss in a High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cell

(2011) Craig H. Peters et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Enhancement of Donor-Acceptor Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell Power Conversion Efficiencies by Addition of Au Nanoparticles

(2011) Dong Hwan Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Morphology control in polycarbazole based bulk heterojunction solar cells and its impact on device performance

(2011) Ta-Ya Chu 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

Solar cells with one-day energy payback for the factories of the future

(2011) Nieves Espinosa et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Transient photocurrent measurements of PCDTBT:PC70BM and PCPDTBT:PC70BM Solar Cells: Evidence for charge trapping in efficient polymer/fullerene blends

(2011) Zhe Li et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Carbazole and thienyl benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole based polymers with improved open circuit voltages and processability for application in solar cells

(2011) Hunan Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Ultrafast Exciton Dissociation Followed by Nongeminate Charge Recombination in PCDTBT:PCBM Photovoltaic Blends

(2011) Fabian Etzold et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Sequential Processing: Control of Nanomorphology in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Dong Hwan Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Effect of mixed solvents on PCDTBT:PC70BM based solar cells

(2011) Salima Alem et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Photoconductivity measurements of the electronic structure of organic solar cells

(2011) R. A. Street et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Localized state distribution and its effect on recombination in organic solar cells

(2011) R. A. Street   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Transient photoconductivity in polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells: Competition between sweep-out and recombination

(2011) Sarah R. Cowan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

High efficiency inverted polymeric bulk-heterojunction solar cells with hydrophilic conjugated polymers as cathode interlayer on ITO

(2011) Yongxiang Zhu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Performance of spray deposited poly [N-9″-hepta-decanyl-2,7-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4′,7′-di-2-thienyl-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole)]/[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester blend active layer based bulk heterojunction organic solar cell devices

(2011) Leona Saitoh et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency in PCDTBT/PC70BM Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices with Embedded Silver Nanoparticle Clusters

(2011) Dong Hwan Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Differential Resistance Analysis of Charge Carrier Losses in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Observing the Transition from Bimolecular to Trap-Assisted Recombination and Quantifying the Order of Recombination

(2011) Wei Lin Leong et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhanced Efficiency in Plastic Solar Cells via Energy Matched Solution Processed NiOx Interlayers

(2011) K. Xerxes Steirer et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with Long Operating Lifetimes

(2011) Craig H. Peters et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Energy level alignments at poly[N-9′′-hepta-decanyl-2,7-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4′,7′-di-2-thienyl-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole)] on metal and polymer interfaces

(2010) Jung Hwa Seo et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

A Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Copolymer for Efficient Solar Cells

(2010) Yingping Zou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Exciton Formation, Relaxation, and Decay in PCDTBT

(2010) Natalie Banerji et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Charge carrier photogeneration and decay dynamics in the poly(2,7-carbazole) copolymer PCDTBT and in bulk heterojunction composites withPC70BM

(2010) Minghong Tong et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Recombination in polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2010) Sarah R. Cowan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

A Thermally Stable Semiconducting Polymer

(2009) Shinuk Cho et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly efficient polycarbazole-based organic photovoltaic devices

(2009) Ta-Ya Chu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Highly efficient organic solar cells based on a poly(2,7-carbazole) derivative

(2009) Salem Wakim et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100%

(2009) Sung Heum Park et al.   Nature Photonics

Polycarbazoles for plastic electronics

(2009) Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Polymer solar cell modules prepared using roll-to-roll methods: Knife-over-edge coating, slot-die coating and screen printing

(2009) Frederik C. Krebs   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Design Rules for Donors in Bulk-Heterojunction Tandem Solar Cells?Towards 15 % Energy-Conversion Efficiency

(2008) G. Dennler et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Area dependent efficiency of organic solar cells

(2008) Dhritiman Gupta et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Reporting solar cell efficiencies in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

(2008) Greg P. Smestad et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Toward a Rational Design of Poly(2,7-Carbazole) Derivatives for Solar Cells

(2007) Nicolas Blouin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY