Photovoltaic cell nonlinearity

One of the advances in the field of PET is the design of molecular devices, in which D and A pairs are ingeniously linked by covalent bridges (B) to form D-B-A dyads. Electron transfers between D and A across B in a controlled manner may thus display useful functionalities, such as molecular rectifiers [25], switches [26], biosensors [27], photovoltaic cells [28], and nonlinear optical materials [29]. Spacers that have been utilized are versatile, including small molecules, such as cyclohexane [30], adamantane [31], bicyclo[2.2.2]octane [32], steroids [33], and oligomers of... 

The low stability of the magnesium porphyrins has precluded most potential applications. Other metallotetrapyrroles have found industrial uses for oil desulfurization, as photoconducting agents in photocopiers, deodorants, germicides, optical computer disks, semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells, optical and electrochemical sensing, and molecular electronic materials. A few scattered examples of the use of Mg porphyrins in nonlinear optical studies have appeared" and magnesium phthalocyanines have been used in a few studies as semiconductor or photovoltaic materials" " One of the few... 

This volume of the series focuses on the photochemistry and photophysics of metal-containing polymers. Metals imbedded within macromolecular protein matrices form the basis for the photosynthesis of plants. Metal-polymer complexes form the basis for many revolutionary advances occurring now. The contributors to many of these advances are authors of chapters in this volume. Application areas covered in this volume include nonlinear optical materials, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, field-effect transistors, chemosensing devices, and biosensing devices. At the heart of each of these applications are metal atoms that allow the assembly to function as required. The use of boron-containing polymers in various electronic applications was described in Volume 8 of this series. 

A clear-cut distinction between the two processes is the time response, which is ultrafast in the former (essentially instantaneous), and finite (associated with the lifetime of real excitations) in the latter. Here we limit our discussion to resonant nonlinearities, which are crucial for describing the fundamental working mechanisms of organic photovoltaic cells. Examples will be reported concerning isolated molecules and the condensed phase. 

The use of photoinduced electron transfer to enhance the nonlinear optical response of semiconducting polymers is summarized in Section VF the use of photoinduced electron transfer to enhance the response of polymer photodetectors and photovoltaic cells is summarized in Section VII. 

Among the compound semiconductor materials, metal chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals have been extensively studied and widely used for linear and nonlinear optical devices and photovoltaic solar cells. The use of these materials as nanocrystals for large-scale fabrication of films with applications in solar energy conversion and other optoelectronic applications is an emerging and important area in materials science. Compared to the... 

OPVs are suitable for various applications in materials science Organic light emitting diodes (OLED), field-effect transistors (FET), semiconductors (doped), photoconductors, solar cells, photovoltaic devices, optical brighteners, laser dyes, nonlinear optics (NLO), optical switching, imaging techniques, photoresists and liquid crystals [la-e, Ij-o, Ir, Iv, 27, 120]. Among these applications, two fields will be selected here, namely NLO and electroluminescence studies. 

---