Charge Formation, Recombination, and Sweep-Out Dynamics in Organic Solar Cells

Identifying a Threshold Impurity Level for Organic Solar Cells: Enhanced First-Order Recombination Via Well-Defined PC84BM Traps in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Sarah R. Cowan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Non-Geminate Recombination as the Primary Determinant of Open-Circuit Voltage in Polythiophene:Fullerene Blend Solar Cells: an Analysis of the Influence of Device Processing Conditions

(2011) Dan Credgington et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient, Air-Stable Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Using MoOx as the Anode Interfacial Layer

(2011) Yanming Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Quantifying Bimolecular Recombination Losses in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) L. Jan Anton Koster et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photocarrier relaxation through the manifold of localized states in a polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction material

(2011) Nelson E. Coates et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Bulk heterojunction solar cells with thick active layers and high fill factors enabled by a bithiophene-co-thiazolothiazole push-pull copolymer

(2011) J. Peet et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Ultrafast Relaxation of the Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Emission Spectrum

(2011) Natalie Banerji et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Effect of External Bias on Nongeminate Recombination in Polythiophene/Methanofullerene Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Ralf Mauer et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

On Voltage, Photovoltage, and Photocurrent in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Juan Bisquert et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Photogeneration and Recombination in P3HT/PCBM Solar Cells Probed by Time-Delayed Collection Field Experiments

(2011) Juliane Kniepert et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

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

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

Nanoscale Phase Separation of P3HT PCBM Thick Films As Measured by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering

(2011) Andrew J. Parnell et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

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

Ultrafast Hole-Transfer Dynamics in Polymer/PCBM Bulk Heterojunctions

(2010) Artem A. Bakulin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Direct Measurement of Electric Field-Assisted Charge Separation in Polymer:Fullerene Photovoltaic Diodes

(2010) R. Alex Marsh et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) Christoph J. Brabec et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

For the Bright Future-Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

(2010) Yongye Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Open-circuit voltage limit caused by recombination through tail states in bulk heterojunction polymer-fullerene solar cells

(2010) Germà Garcia-Belmonte et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of photoexcitations in poly(3-hexylthiophene) for the determination of the defect concentration

(2010) Yu Hsien Lee et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Semiconducting polymers: the Third Generation

(2010) Alan J. Heeger   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) Carsten Deibel et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

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

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

Dependence of Charge Separation Efficiency on Film Microstructure in Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl):[6,6]-Phenyl-C61 Butyric Acid Methyl Ester Blend Films

(2010) Panagiotis E. Keivanidis et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Exciton Formation, Relaxation, and Decay in PCDTBT

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

Effect of Morphology on Ultrafast Free Carrier Generation in Polythiophene:Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

(2010) Ian A. Howard et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Charge Generation and Recombination Dynamics in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Fullerene Blend Films with Different Regioregularities and Morphologies

(2010) Jiamo Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Effect of Processing Additive on the Nanomorphology of a Bulk Heterojunction Material†

(2010) Ji Sun Moon et al.   NANO LETTERS

Effect of Annealing on P3HT:PCBM Charge Transfer and Nanoscale Morphology Probed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy

(2010) R. Alex Marsh et al.   NANO LETTERS

P3HT/PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics: Correlating Efficiency and Morphology

(2010) Dian Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Energetics of excited states in the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2010) Carsten Deibel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

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

Charge-density-based analysis of the current-voltage response of polythiophene/fullerene photovoltaic devices

(2010) C. G. Shuttle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2010) Carsten Deibel et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Long-term operational lifetime and degradation analysis of P3HT:PCBM photovoltaic cells

(2010) Eszter Voroshazi et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Nanoscale Phase Separation and High Photovoltaic Efficiency in Solution-Processed, Small-Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Bright Walker et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Gilles Dennler et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanosecond response of organic solar cells and photodetectors

(2009) Nico S. Christ et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Advanced materials and processes for polymer solar cell devices

(2009) Martin Helgesen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Photophysical and Spectroscopic Investigations on (Oligo)Thiophene-Arylene Step-ladder Copolymers. The Interplay of Conformational Relaxation and On-Chain Energy Transfer

(2009) J. Pina et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

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

Efficiency Limits of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Thomas Kirchartz et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Tuning the Properties of Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells by Adjusting Fullerene Size to Control Intercalation

(2009) Nichole C. Cates et al.   NANO LETTERS

Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100%

(2009) Sung Heum Park et al.   Nature Photonics

Origin of the Efficient Polaron-Pair Dissociation in Polymer-Fullerene Blends

(2009) Carsten Deibel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Coherent Intrachain Energy Migration in a Conjugated Polymer at Room Temperature

(2009) E. Collini et al.   SCIENCE

Exploring spray coating as a deposition technique for the fabrication of solution-processed solar cells

(2009) Claudio Girotto et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

A complete process for production of flexible large area polymer solar cells entirely using screen printing—First public demonstration

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

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

Exciton Diffusion Measurements in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2008) Paul E. Shaw et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Charge extraction analysis of charge carrier densities in a polythiophene/fullerene solar cell: Analysis of the origin of the device dark current

(2008) C. G. Shuttle et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Experimental determination of the rate law for charge carrier decay in a polythiophene: Fullerene solar cell

(2008) C. G. Shuttle et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Excitation Transport and Charge Separation in an Organic Photovoltaic Material:  Watching Excitations Diffuse to Interfaces

(2008) Larry W. Barbour et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Bulk Heterojunction Materials Composed of Poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene): Ultrafast Electron Transfer and Carrier Recombination

(2008) In-Wook Hwang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Photoinduced Carrier Generation in P3HT/PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Materials

(2008) In-Wook Hwang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Carrier Dynamics Resulting from Above and Below Gap Excitation of P3HT and P3HT/PCBM Investigated by Optical-Pump Terahertz-Probe Spectroscopy

(2008) Paul D. Cunningham et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Morphology evolution via self-organization and lateral and vertical diffusion in polymer:fullerene solar cell blends

(2008) Mariano Campoy-Quiles et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Simultaneous measurement of electronic and vibrational dynamics to clarify a geometrical relaxation process in a conjugated polymer

(2008) Juan Du et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Bimolecular recombination losses in polythiophene: Fullerene solar cells

(2008) C. G. Shuttle et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Correlated Exciton Relaxation in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2008) Nathan P. Wells et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Flexible organic P3HT:PCBM bulk-heterojunction modules with more than 1 year outdoor lifetime

(2008) Jens A. Hauch et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Ultrasonic spray deposition for production of organic solar cells

(2008) K. Xerxes Steirer et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Fabrication and processing of polymer solar cells: A review of printing and coating techniques

(2008) Frederik C. Krebs   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