Effects of Organic Solvents for Composite Active Layer of PCDTBT/PC71BM on Characteristics of Organic Solar Cell Devices by Paik-Kyun Shin, Palanisamy Kumar, Abhirami Kumar, Santhakumar Kannappan, Shizuyasu Ochiai

“…Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure based active layers of PCDTBT/PC71BM were prepared by using different organic solvents for fabrication of organic solar cell (OSC) devices. Mixture of precursor solutions of PCDTBT/PC71BM in three different organic solvents was prepared to fabricate composite active layers by spin-coating process: chloroform; chlorobenzene; o-dichlorobenzene. …”
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Effects of Alkyl Spacer Length in Carbazole‐Based Self‐Assembled Monolayer Materials on Molecular Conformation and Organic Solar Cell Performance by Qiaonan Chen, Kangbo Sun, Leandro R. Franco, Jingnan Wu, Lars Öhrström, Xianjie Liu, Maureen Gumbo, Mailde S. Ozório, C. Moyses Araujo, Guangye Zhang, André Johansson, Ellen Moons, Mats Fahlman, Donghong Yu, Yufei Wang, Ergang Wang

“…Abstract Carbazole‐based self‐assembled monolayer (SAM) materials as hole transport layers (HTL) have led organic solar cells (OSCs) to state‐of‐the‐art photovoltaic performance. …”
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Efficient Inverted ITO-Free Organic Solar Cells Based on Transparent Silver Electrode with Aqueous Solution-Processed ZnO Interlayer by Zhizhe Wang, Dazheng Chen, Chunfu Zhang, Zhenhua Lin, Yan Liu, Genquan Han, Jingjing Chang, Jincheng Zhang, Lixin Guo, Yue Hao

“…Efficient inverted organic solar cells (OSCs) with the MoO3 (2 nm)/Ag (12 nm) transparent cathode and an aqueous solution ZnO electron extraction layer processed at low temperature are investigated in this work. …”
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Study of Electrical Transport Properties of Thin Films Used as HTL and as Active Layer in Organic Solar Cells, through Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements by Camilo A. Otalora, Andres F. Loaiza, Gerardo Gordillo

“…Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is used for studying the electrical transport properties of thin films used in organic solar cells with structure ITO/HTL/active layer/cathode, where PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonic acid) and CuPC (tetrasulfonated copper-phthalocyanine) were investigated as HTL (hole transport layer) and P3HT:PCBM (poly-3-hexylthiophene:phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester) blends prepared from mesitylene and chlorobenzene based solutions were studied as active layer and Ag and Al were used as cathode. …”
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Achieving a Near-Infrared Absorption by A−DA’D−A Type Isoindigo-Based Small Molecular Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics by Hui Liu, Yu Wu, Dong-Nai Ye, Na Chen, Xu-Min Huang, Shi-Yong Liu

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A Review of Organic Photovoltaic Energy Source and Its Technological Designs by Egidius Rutatizibwa Rwenyagila

“…This is followed by the description of baseline organic solar cell (OSC) structures and materials. Then, some of the existing modelling approaches that have implemented either a one- or a two-dimensional drift-diffusion model to examine OSC structures are reviewed, and their reproducibility is examined. …”
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Synthesis of Benzothiophene-Fused Pyran Derivatives via Piperidine Promoted Domino Reaction by Shihang Li, Aimin Yu, Jianfa Li, Xiangtai Meng

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Squaraine Planar-Heterojunction Solar Cells by Bin Fan, Ylenia Maniglio, Marina Simeunovic, Simon Kuster, Thomas Geiger, Roland Hany, Frank Nüesch

“…The photovoltaic performance of squaraine-based organic solar cells is investigated. Two squaraine derivatives with extraordinarily high extinction coefficients are used as electron donors in bilayer heterojunctions with fullerene C60 as electron acceptor. …”
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Recent Advances in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Umer Mehmood, Saleem-ur Rahman, Khalil Harrabi, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, B. V. S. Reddy

“…Researchers have focused on organic solar cells to overcome these disadvantages. DSSCs comprise a sensitized semiconductor (photoelectrode) and a catalytic electrode (counter electrode) with an electrolyte sandwiched between them and their efficiency depends on many factors. …”
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Machine learning‐assisted performance analysis of organic photovoltaics by Sijing Zhong, Jiayi Huang, Hengyu Meng, Zhuo Feng, Qianyue Wang, Zhenyu Huang, Lijie Zhang, Shiwei Li, Weiyang Gong, Yusen Huang, Lei Ying, Ning Li

“…Abstract Although the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) has been rapidly improved, there is still a lot of room for designing and developing new materials and their combinations to approach the efficiency limit. …”
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Influence of Alkaline Treatment with Ammonia Water on the Properties of PEDOT: PSS Films by Jiao Li, Hua Zhang, Juncheng Liu, Hui Qi

“…We have also examined the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) with the undoped and AW-doped PEDOT:PSS layers. …”
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Theoretical-experimental correlation of Voc in isoindigo-based small molecules for photovoltaic applications by O. Javier Hernández-Ortiz, Mario Rodríguez, Rosa Angeles Vazquez-García, Karina Alemán Ayala, María Aurora Veloz Rodríguez, Arián Espinosa-Roa, José-Luis Maldonado

“…This work demonstrates the potential of isoindigo-based molecules for organic solar cells.…”
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Current Status of Emerging PV Technologies: A Comparative Study of Dye-Sensitized, Organic, and Perovskite Solar Cells by Myrsini Giannouli

“…Third-generation photovoltaic technologies, such as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), organic solar cells (OSCs), and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), are being developed as alternatives to silicon solar cells. …”
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Karakteristik Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) Berbasis Zat Pewarna Alami dari Ekstrak Jantung Pisang by Is Primananda, Rakhmat Dimas Rezvozano

“…One solution to overcome this is by making organic solar cells or better known as dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). …”
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Kinetic Studies of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisations of Styrene and Chloromethylstyrene with Poly(3-hexyl thiophene) Macroinitiator by Nattawoot Rattanathamwat, Jatuphorn Wootthikanokkhan, Nonsee Nimitsiriwat, Chanchana Thanachayanont, Udom Asawapirom

“…Poly(3-hexyl thiophene)-b-poly(styrene-co-chloromethylstyrene) copolymers, to be used as a prepolymer for preparing donor-acceptor block copolymers for organic solar cells, have been synthesised by reacting P3HT macroinitiators with styrene and chloromethylstyrene via three types of atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP) systems, which are (1) a normal ATRP, (2) activators generated by electron transfer (AGET), and (3) a simultaneous reverse and normal initiation (SR&NI). …”
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Molecular study and analysis of organic compounds for high-performance solar cell applications by El Mhamedi Imane, El Malki Zakaria

“…These results underline the positive impact of PEDOT addition on photovoltaic conversion and its potential for organic solar cells. In conclusion, our results indicate that these compounds represent promising candidates for future applications.…”
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Strategic Review: The CZTS Thin-Film Using Tandem and Multi-Junction Solar Cell by Saif Adnan Muhamad, Methaq Hadi Lafta

“…Third-generation solar cells are also in the research phase, which includes nanocrystalline solar cells (based on liquid crystals), polymer solar cells, organic solar cells, perovskite solar cells (lead-mineral-organic hybrids or materials based on tin halides), Color Sensitive Solar Cells, Photo Electro Chemical Solar Cells, Multijunction Cells, Quantum Well Solar Cells, and Quantum Point Solar Cells. …”
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