Plastic Solar Cells

Controlling nanomorphology in plastic solar cells

Plastic Solar Cells: Understanding the Special Additive

ChEap SolaR ElECTRiCiTy While you are reading this article, your computer is using electricity. Where does this electricity come from? In 2013, around 67% of the electricity used in the U.S. was generated by burning coal or natural gas [1]. What if the supply of coal and natural gas runs out? And what about the pollution and climate change caused by burning gas and coal? There is a much friendl...

Electrodeposited PEDOT-on-plastic cathodes for dye-sensitized solar cells.

Electrodeposition of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) onto conducting plastic allows the cheap and facile synthesis of plastic cathodes for dye-sensitised solar cells, having excellent solar cell efficiency (8%), at a fraction of the cost of platinised plastic.

Low Cost “ Plastic ” Solar Cells : A Dream or Reality ? ? ? :

8:30 AM Plenary Low Cost “Plastic” Solar Cells: A Dream or Reality???: Alan Heeger1; 1University of California, Santa Barbara Polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiencies in excess of 5% are demonstrated using bulk heterojunction materials. Spatial Fourier transform methods have been used to study and optimize the morphology. Light harvesting has been improved by using a novel low-ban...

Flexible Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells on Periodically Textured Plastic Substrates

Roll-to-roll processing of thin film solar cells on flexible low cost substrates is an attractive option to lower the production cost of photovoltaic modules. Plastic substrates like PET or PEN are insulating which potentially offers advantages compared to conducting steel foils. However, plastic substrates require lower processing temperatures and novel schemes for efficient light trapping. In...