Editorial: Polymer Solar Cells: Molecular Design and Microstructure Control

Polymer solar cells.

This article reviews the motivations for developing polymer-based photovoltaics and describes some of the material systems used. Current challenges are identified, and some recent developments in the field are outlined. In particular, recent work to image and control nanostructure in polymer-based solar cells is reviewed, and very recent progress is described using the unique properties of orga...

Nanotechnology and Polymer Solar Cells

In response to environmental concerns there is a drive towards developing renewable, and cleaner, energy technologies. Solar cells, which harvest energy directly from sunlight, may satisfy future energy requirements, but photovoltaic devices are currently too expensive to compete with existing fossil fuel based technologies. Polymer solar cells, on the other hand, are cheaper to produce than co...

Polymer solar cells

nature photonics | VOL 6 | MARCH 2012 | www.nature.com/naturephotonics 153 Harnessing solar energy is one of the most promising ways to tackle today’s energy issues. Although the present dominant photovoltaic (PV) technology is based on inorganic materials, high material and manufacturing costs limit its wide acceptance1. Intensive research has been conducted towards the development of low-cost...

Polymer Solar Cells

Polymer solar cells, a highly innovative research area for the last decade until today, are currently maturing with respect to understanding of their fundamental processes of operation. The increasing interest of the scientific community is well reflected by the—every year—dynamically rising number of publications. This chapter presents an overview of the developments in organic photovoltaics e...

Polymer solar cells