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Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Well-Defined Organic Semiconductors and Morphologies

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Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics

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Organic and hybrid bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells are investigated. We describe the synthesis and solar cell characteristics of well-defined functional thiophene dendrimers. Three-dimensional morphologies of the polymer–metal oxide BHJs are analyzed with electron tomography and stochastic models, and are simulated with the latter, to establish the effect of processing on morphology. Device models based on stochastically simulated data of morphologies and transport parameters are used to provide accurate descriptions of solar cell performance.

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  1. Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany

    Amaresh Mishra & Peter Bäuerle

  2. Institute of Stochastics, Ulm University, Helmholtzstr. 18, 89069, Ulm, Germany

    Volker Schmidt

  3. Molecular Materials and Nanosystems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    René A. J. Janssen

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Mishra, A., Schmidt, V., Janssen, R.A.J., Bäuerle, P. (2017). Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Well-Defined Organic Semiconductors and Morphologies. In: Leo, K. (eds) Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 272. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28338-8_2

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