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Organic Photovoltaics : Materials, Device Physics, and Manufacturing Technologies.

The versatility of organic photovoltaics is already well known and this completely revised, updated, and enlarged edition of a classic provides an up-to-date overview of this hottopic. The proven structure of the successful first edition, divided into the three key aspectsof successful device design...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brabec, Christoph
Otros Autores: Scherf, Ullrich, Dyakonov, Vladimir
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Organic Photovoltaics: Materials, Device Physics, and Manufacturing Technologies; Contents; List of Contributors; Part One: Materials for Thin Film Organic Photovoltaics; 1 Overview of Polymer and Copolymer Materials for Organic Photovoltaics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Early Efforts; 1.3 Toward Devices with 5% Efficiencies; 1.4 Novel Thiophene-Containing Polymers; 1.5 Fluorene-Containing Molecules; 1.6 Carbazole-Based Copolymers; 1.7 New Heterocyclic Polymers; 1.8 Polymers Based on Other Types of Building Blocks; 1.9 Conclusions; References.
  • 2 Thiophene-Based High-Performance Donor Polymers for Organic Solar Cells2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Bandgap Engineering; 2.3 Charge Generation in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells; 2.4 Polyalkylthiophenes; 2.4.1 Synthesis; 2.4.2 Optical and Solid-State Properties; 2.5 Polyalkylthiophene/PCBM Blends; 2.6 Polythiophene Copolymers; 2.7 Side Chain Functionalized P3AT Derivatives; 2.8 Third-Generation Polythiophenes; 2.9 Thiophene-Based Push-Pull Copolymers; 2.10 Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b0]dithiophene-Based Polymers; 2.11 Cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b0]dithiophene-Based Polymers.
  • 2.12 Indacenodithiophene-Based Polymers2.13 Conclusion and Outlook; References; 3 Molecular Design of Conjugated Polymers for High-Efficiency Solar Cells; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Structural Features of Conjugated Polymers; 3.3 "D-A" Approach; 3.3.1 Rational Design of Conjugated Backbones: "Weak Donor-Strong Acceptor" Copolymer; 3.3.1.1 "Weak Donor" Moieties to Improve VOC; 3.3.1.2 Balancing VOC and JSC: Interplay of Bandgap and Energy Levels; 3.3.1.3 From BT to 4DTBT: Why is a "Soluble Acceptor" Better?; 3.3.1.4 "Strong Acceptor" Moieties to Increase JSC; 3.3.2 Side Chains Are NOT Trivial.
  • 3.3.2.1 Chain Positions3.3.2.2 Shape and Size; 3.3.3 Substituents Do Matter: The Curious Case of Fluorine; 3.4 Quinoid Approach; 3.5 Summary and Outlook; References; 4 Solution-Processed Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Monochromophoric Molecules; 4.2.1 Conjugated Macrocycles and Polycycles; 4.2.2 Acenes and Heteroacenes; 4.2.3 Oligothiophenes; 4.3 Multichromophoric Molecules; 4.3.1 Colorant Chromophore-Containing Derivatives; 4.3.1.1 Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Isoindigo Derivatives; 4.3.1.2 Squaraine Derivatives.
  • 4.3.1.3 Merocyanine and Borondipyrromethene Derivatives4.3.2 Oligothiophene Derivatives; 4.3.3 Benzothiadiazole Analogue Derivatives; 4.3.4 Triphenylamine Derivatives; 4.4 Summary and Future Directions; References; 5 Vacuum-Processed Donor Materials for Organic Photovoltaics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Basic Characterization of Organic Solar Cells; 5.2 Planar and Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells; 5.3 Summary and Future Prospects; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Polymer-Nanocrystal Hybrid Solar Cells; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals; 6.3 Working Principles and Device Structure.