DocumentCode :
88508
Title :
Performance Optimization of Organic Solar Cells
Author :
Wong, Y.Q. ; Wong, Hiu Y. ; Tan, C.S. ; Meng, H.F.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Multimedia Univ., Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Volume :
6
Issue :
4
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Aug. 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
26
Abstract :
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been gaining great popularity in recent years due to their potentials to be low cost, lightweight, and flexible. The performance of OSCs is growing steadily, and they have achieved a power conversion efficiency close to 10% (for single-junction polymer-fullerene OSC). Although there are still limitations and challenges faced by the development of OSCs, in view of the potentials, recent studies have been focusing on the design optimization of OSC layer structure through material engineering, interfacial layer insertion, layer thickness optimization, and morphological control. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review and detailed discussion on the optimization works and development on OSCs, with particular focus on the bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) polymer-fullerene OSCs. We also provide a summary of the performance, in a chronological order, and the future outlook of OSC.
Keywords :
fullerene devices; nanophotonics; optical design techniques; optical polymers; optimisation; power conversion; solar cells; bulk-heterojunction polymer-fullerene OSCs; design optimization; interfacial layer insertion; layer thickness optimization; material engineering; morphological control; organic solar cells; performance optimization; power conversion efficiency; single-junction polymer-fullerene OSC; Absorption; Energy states; Excitons; Optimization; Photovoltaic cells; Plastics; Organic materials; theory and design;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1943-0655
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2337896
Filename :
6851853
Link To Document :
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