Investigation of Indoor Stability Testing of Polymer Solar Cell

We have fabricated organic solar cell of a new low bandgap polymer poly[4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-4,7-bis(2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-5′,5′′-diyl] (PCPDTTBTT). We have investigated for the first time the stability tests, ISOS-L-1 and ISOS-D-3, of PCPDTTBTT solar cells. Thermal annealing of PCPDTTBTT solar cells at 80°C brought about an improvement of photocurrent generation, stability, and efficiency of the solar cells. T80 value of PCPDTTBTT solar cell is about 150 hours which is close to P3HT (235 h). PCPDTTBTT is very promising polymer for both polymer solar cell efficiency and stability.

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Synthesis and morphological studies of a poly(5,6-difluorobenzo-2,1,3-thiadiazole-4,7-diyl-alt-quaterchalcogenophene) copolymer with 7.3% polymer solar cell efficiency

Polymer Chemistry ◽

10.1039/c4py00777h ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (22) ◽

pp. 6472-6479 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Jhong-Sian Wu ◽

Jyun-Fong Jheng ◽

Jen-Yun Chang ◽

Yu-Ying Lai ◽

Kuan-Yi Wu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Polymer Solar Cell ◽

Polymer Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Morphological Studies

A superior PCE of 7.34% was delivered in the inverted P(FBT-alt-Se2Th2) : PC71BM polymer solar cells.

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Triarylamine-based hydrido-carboxylate rhenium(i) complexes as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ◽

10.1039/c9cp00856j ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (14) ◽

pp. 7534-7543 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Lorenzo Veronese ◽

Elsa Quartapelle Procopio ◽

Thomas Moehl ◽

Monica Panigati ◽

Kazuteru Nonomura ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Molecular Design ◽

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Dye Sensitized ◽

Improved Performance ◽

First Time ◽

Sensitized Solar Cells

We report dinuclear hydrido-carbonyl rhenium complexes employed in DSSCs for the first time. An improved performance in solar cell efficiency was achieved by molecular design.

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Disassembly of micelles to impart donor and acceptor gradation to enhance organic solar cell efficiency

Chemical Communications ◽

10.1039/c5cc09603k ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 52 (17) ◽

pp. 3486-3489 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Arulraj Arulkashmir ◽

Kothandam Krishnamoorthy

Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Surface Energy ◽

Organic Solar Cells ◽

Organic Solar Cell ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Low Surface Energy ◽

Donor And Acceptor

A low surface energy HTL imparted gradation between the donor and acceptor and improved the efficiency of organic solar cells.

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Solvent vapor annealing on perylene-based organic solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c5ta02806j ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (30) ◽

pp. 15700-15709 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Stefan Grob ◽

Andrew N. Bartynski ◽

Andreas Opitz ◽

Mark Gruber ◽

Florian Grassl ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Organic Solar Cells ◽

Organic Solar Cell ◽

Morphological Changes ◽

Solvent Vapor ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Vapor Annealing ◽

Solvent Vapor Annealing

Solvent vapor annealing on crystalline DIP and amorphous DBP induces morphological changes, which can improve organic solar cell efficiency.

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CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14061684 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 1684

Author(s):

Alessandro Romeo ◽

Elisa Artegiani

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Short Circuit ◽

Short Circuit Current ◽

Short Circuit Current Density ◽

Open Circuit ◽

Early Years ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency

CdTe is a very robust and chemically stable material and for this reason its related solar cell thin film photovoltaic technology is now the only thin film technology in the first 10 top producers in the world. CdTe has an optimum band gap for the Schockley-Queisser limit and could deliver very high efficiencies as single junction device of more than 32%, with an open circuit voltage of 1 V and a short circuit current density exceeding 30 mA/cm2. CdTe solar cells were introduced at the beginning of the 70s and they have been studied and implemented particularly in the last 30 years. The strong improvement in efficiency in the last 5 years was obtained by a new redesign of the CdTe solar cell device reaching a single solar cell efficiency of 22.1% and a module efficiency of 19%. In this paper we describe the fabrication process following the history of the solar cell as it was developed in the early years up to the latest development and changes. Moreover the paper also presents future possible alternative absorbers and discusses the only apparently controversial environmental impacts of this fantastic technology.

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Effective oxygen plasma treatment on indium tin oxide electrode to improve organic solar cell efficiency

physica status solidi (a) ◽

10.1002/pssa.201127602 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 209 (2) ◽

pp. 369-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Fu-Ching Tang ◽

Jay Chang ◽

Wei-Yang Chou ◽

Horng-Long Cheng ◽

Steve Lien-Chung Hsu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cell ◽

Tin Oxide ◽

Indium Tin Oxide ◽

Organic Solar Cell ◽

Oxygen Plasma ◽

Oxygen Plasma Treatment ◽

Oxide Electrode ◽

Indium Tin Oxide Electrode ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency

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Junction Configuration Effects on the Photovoltaic Parameters of a-Si/CZTS Solar Cells

10.20944/preprints202201.0163.v1 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

H. Bitam ◽

B. Hadjoudja ◽

Beddiaf Zaidi ◽

C. Shakher ◽

S. Gagui ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Solar Cell ◽

Open Circuit Voltage ◽

Open Circuit ◽

Photovoltaic Devices ◽

Solar Cell Efficiency ◽

Cell Efficiency ◽

Reported Study ◽

Stated Problem

Due to increased energy intensive human activities resulting accelerated demand for electric power coupled with occurrence of natural disasters with increased frequency, intensity, and duration, it becomes essential to explore and advance renewable energy technology for sustainability of the society. Addressing the stated problem and providing a radical solution has been attempted in this study. To harvest the renewable energy, among variety of solar cells reported, a composite a-Si/CZTS photovoltaic devices has not yet been investigated. The calculated parameters for solar cell based on the new array of layers consisting of a-Si/CZTS are reported in this study. The variation of i) solar cell efficiency as a function of CZTS layer thickness, temperature, acceptor, and donor defect concentration; ii) variation of the open circuit current density as a function of temperature, open circuit voltage; iii) variation of open circuit voltage as a function of the thickness of the CZTS layer has been determined. There has been no reported study on a-Si/CZTS configuration-based solar cell, analysis of the parameters, and study to address the challenges imped efficiency of the photovoltaic device and the same has been discussed in this work. The value of the SnO2/a-Si/CZTS solar cells obtained from the simulation is 23.9 %.

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