Overview
- Organic photovoltaics will play a key role in future solar energy systems
- Provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of these materials and corresponding devices
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 60)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Achieving efficient solar energy conversion at both large scale and low cost is among the most important technological challenges for the near future. The present volume describes and explains the fundamentals of organic/plastic solar cells in a manner accessible to both researchers and students. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the operational principles underlying several types of solar cells that have absorber layers based on polymer materials and small molecules. It addresses competing approaches, such as polymer solar cells and dye-sensitized cells, while considering the thermodynamic principles within the context of these schemes. Organic Photovoltaics also analyzes in detail the charge-transfer processes in the bulk-heterojunction devices corresponding to the relevant mechanism of carrier generation. Emphasized throughout is the concept of interpenetrating polymer-fullerene networks, due to their high potential for improving power efficiency.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Organic Photovoltaics
Book Subtitle: Concepts and Realization
Editors: Christoph J. Brabec, Vladimir Dyakonov, Jürgen Parisi, Niyazi S. Sariciftci
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05187-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-00405-9Published: 23 April 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05580-5Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05187-0Published: 21 November 2013
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 300
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Optical and Electronic Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Renewable and Green Energy