Organic Thin Film Solar cells

The fabrication technique of active layer (electron donor and electron acceptor) also affects the properties and PCE of the fabricated organic solar cells. Thin film of active layer can be prepared by spin coating, solution printing, roll-to-roll, spray coating, etc. In this contribution, fabrications of nanofibers by electrospinning to control the morphology of semiconductor materials and the uses of electrospun nanofibers as active layers or other parts of organic solar cells will be later reviewed. 

NiggemannM., Glatthaar M., Gombert A., Hinsch A. and Wittwer V. (2004) Diffraction gratings and buried nano-electrodes—architectnres for organic solar cells . Thin Solid Films 451, 619-623. 

G. Dennler, C. Lungenschmied, H. Neugebauer, N. S. Sariciftci, M. La-treche, G. Czeremuszkin, and M. R. Wertheimer. A new encapsulation solution for fiexible organic solar cells. Thin Solid Films, 511-512 349-353, July 2006. 

P. Boland, S. S. Sunkavalli, S. Chennuri, K. Foe, T. Abdel-Fattah, G. Namkoong, Investigation of Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of Regioregular Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)/Fullerene Blend Nanocomposites for Organic Solar Cells. Thin Solid Films 2010,518,1728-1731. 

Dennler G, Lungenschmied C, Neugebauer H, Sariciftci NS, Latreche M, Czeremuszkin G, et al. A new encapsulation solution for flexible organic solar cells. Thin Solid Films 2006 511-512 349-53. 

Do H, Reinhard M, Vogeler H et al (2009) Polymeric anodes from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) for 3.5% efficient organic solar cells. Thin Solid Films 517 5900-5902... 

Possible applications of ZnO nanostructures are UV lasers (up to now only with optical excitation) [84], chemical sensors [85], or transparent substrates for thin film solar cells, e.g. as an alternative to Ti02 in injection type solar cells or in organic solar cells [79,86,87]. In the latter two applications the increased effective surface of arrays of ZnO nanowires leads to... 

M.S. Yoo, B. Domercq, B. Kippelen, Efficient thin-film organic solar cells based on pentacene/C60 heterojunctions, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 (2004) 5427-5429. 

Drechsel J., Mannig B., Kozlowski F., Gebeyehu D., Werner A., Koch M., Leo K. and Pfeiffer M. (2004), High-efficiency organic solar cells based on single or multiplep-i-n structures , Thin Solid Films 451-52, 515-517. 

Glatthaar M., Niggemann M., Zimmermann B., Lewer P., Riede M., Hinsch A. and Luther J. (2005), Organic solar cells using inverted layer sequence . Thin Solid Films 491, 298-300. 

Aemouts, T. et al.. Printable anodes for flexible organic solar cell modules. Thin Solid Films 451-152, 22-25, 2004. 

FIGURE 3.4 (A) Fabrication of polymer solar cell from PEDOTiPSS thin film. (B) Fabrication of a three-dimensional (3D) nonwoven nanofabric-based organic solar cell. (A) Reproduced with permission from reference Oh, J.Y., Shin, M., Lee, J.B., Ahn, J.-H., Baik, H.K., Jeong, U., 2014. Effect ofPEDOT nanofibril networks on the conductivity, flexibility, and coatability of PEDOT PSS films. ACSAppl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 6954-6961. Copyright 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry. 

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