Near Infrared Organic Semiconducting Materials for Bulk Heterojunction and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells have been the subject of intensive academic interest over the past two decades, and significant commercial effort has been directed towards this area with the vison of developing the next generation of low cost solar cells....

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Published inChemical record Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 419 - 481
Main Authors Singh, Surya Prakash, Sharma, G. D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2014
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Subjects
donor-acceptor systems
materials science
near-infrared
organic polymers
Photovoltaic cells
Polymers
Solar cells
Solar energy
donor-acceptor systems
solar cells
near-infrared
materials science
organic polymers
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Summary:Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells have been the subject of intensive academic interest over the past two decades, and significant commercial effort has been directed towards this area with the vison of developing the next generation of low cost solar cells. Materials development has played a vital role in the dramatic improvement of both DSSC and BHJ solar cell performance in the recent years. Organic conjugated polymers and small molecules that absorb solar light in the visible and near infrared (NIR) regions represent a class of emering materials and show a great potential for the use of different optoelectronic devices such as DSSCs and BHJ solar cells. This account describes the emering class of near infrared (NIR) organic polymers and small molecules having donor and acceptors units, and explores their potential applications in the DSSCs and BHJ solar cells. Near‐infrared organic materials: Organic conjugated polymers and small molecules that absorb solar light in the visible and near‐infrared regions represents a class of emerging materials and show a great potential for the use of different optoelectronic devices such as DSSCs and BHJ solar cells. This review describes the emering class of near‐infrared organic polymers and small molecules having donor and acceptors units, and explores their potential applications in DSSCs and BHJ solar cells.
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ISSN:1527-8999
1528-0691
1528-0691
DOI:10.1002/tcr.201300041