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Role of Zn0 electron-selective layers in regular and inverted bulk heterojunction solar cells
(American Chemical Society, 2011-02)
Here the role of metal oxide (ZnO) electron-selective layers in the operating mechanisms of bulk-heterojunction polymer−fullerene solar cells is addressed. Inverted as well as regular structures containing ZnO layers at ...
Diffusion-Recombination Determines Collected Current and Voltage in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells
(American Chemical Society, 2012)
The basic operating mechanisms of organic bulk-heterojunction cells comprising poly(3-hexylthiophene (P3HT): [6,6]-phenyl-C 61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blends are examined based on the selection of diverse materials ...
From Salts to Ionic Liquids by Systematic Structural Modifications: A Rational Approach Towards the Efficient Modular Synthesis of Enantiopure Imidazolium Salts
(Wiley-VCH, 2010)
This paper reports a simple and robust modular synthetic strategy that leads to a large variety of configurationally and structurally diverse imidazole-based chiral ionic liquids (CILs) by lipase-catalyzed resolution. The ...
Series resistance in organic bulk-heterojunction solar devices: Modulating carrier transport with fullerene electron traps
(Elsevier, 2012)
Series resistance is one of the key parameters affecting the performance of organic photovoltaic devices. Several electronic mechanisms arising from different structures within the solar cell can contribute to increasing ...
Materials for production and storage of renewable energy
(American Chemical Society, 2011)
The need to revolutionize the way energy is produced,
delivered, and utilized is widely recognized. Due to an increasing population and rising living standards around the
globe, the need for a reliable, convenient, and ...
Solar Fuels. Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation
(American Chemical Society, 2013)
The necessity for developing clean energy technology has led to the surge in renewable energy research. A major effort is in discovering new approaches for producing transportable fuels. Hydrogen, which possesses the highest ...
Influence of cysteine adsorption on the performance of CdSe quantum dots sensitized solar cells
(Elsevier, 2010)
The surface of mesoporous TiO<sub>2</sub> electrodes has been functionalized with cysteine using different solutions for the subsequent attachment of colloidal CdSe QDs solved in toluene. The adsorption behavior of both ...
Temperature dependence of open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells from generation-recombination kinetic balance
(Elsevier, 2010)
The variation in the open-circuit voltage of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells with temperature and light intensity is analyzed based on the kinetic balance between photogeneration and recombination rates, by determining ...
Doping-induced broadening of the hole density-of-states in conducting polymers
(Elsevier, 2010)
The density-of-states distribution in conducting polymers reflects the energy disorder caused by electrostatic and steric interactions resulting from the different environment in which each molecule is placed. In case of ...
Water Oxidation at Hematite Photoelectrodes with an Iridium-Based Catalyst
(American Chemical Society, 2013)
The iridium complex [Cp*Ir(H2O)3](SO 4) was used as an organometallic source for the electrodeposition of iridium oxide onto Fe2O3. The new iridium-containing electrode allowed us to study the coupling between the ...