DOI: 10.1063/1.1345834. 2.5% efficient organic plastic solar cells

2.5% efficient organic plastic solar cells

10.1063/1.1345834

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Abstract

We show that the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices based on a conjugated polymer/methanofullerene blend is dramatically affected by molecular morphology. By structuring the blend to be a more intimate mixture that contains less phase segregation of methanofullerenes, and simultaneously increasing the degree of interactions between conjugated polymer chains, we have fabricated a device with a power conversion efficiency of 2.5% under AM1.5 illumination. This is a nearly threefold enhancement over previously reported values for such a device, and it approaches what is needed for the practical use of these devices for harvesting energy from sunlight.

Bibliography

Shaheen, S. E., Brabec, C. J., Sariciftci, N. S., Padinger, F., Fromherz, T., & Hummelen, J. C. (2001). 2.5% efficient organic plastic solar cells. Applied Physics Letters, 78(6), 841â843.

Authors 6

Sean E. Shaheen (first)
Christoph J. Brabec (additional)
N. Serdar Sariciftci (additional)
Franz Padinger (additional)
Thomas Fromherz (additional)
Jan C. Hummelen (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 9:24 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 3, 2024, 2:37 p.m.)
Indexed	4 days, 22 hours ago (Aug. 21, 2025, 1:43 p.m.)
Issued	24 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 5, 2001)
Published	24 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 5, 2001)
Published Print	24 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 5, 2001)

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BibTeX

@article{Shaheen_2001, title={2.5% efficient organic plastic solar cells}, volume={78}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1345834}, DOI={10.1063/1.1345834}, number={6}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Shaheen, Sean E. and Brabec, Christoph J. and Sariciftci, N. Serdar and Padinger, Franz and Fromherz, Thomas and Hummelen, Jan C.}, year={2001}, month=feb, pages={841–843} }

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