Tandem architecture between organic (dye-sensitized solar cell, DSSC) and inorganic (CuInGaSe2 thin film solar cell, CIGS) single-junction solar cells was constructed particularly based on a solution process. Arc-plasma deposition was employed for the Pt interfacial layer to minimize the damage to the layers of the CIGS bottom cell. Solar cell efficiency of 13% was achieved, which is significan...

Here we present an ultraviolet responsive inorganic-organic hybrid solar cell based on titania/poly(3-hexylthiophene) (TiO(2)/P3HT) heterojuction. In this solar cell, TiO(2) is an ultraviolet light absorber and electronic conductor, P3HT is a hole conductor, the light-to-electrical conversion is realized by the cooperation for these two components. Doping ionic salt in P3HT polymer can improve ...

We report for the first time the use of a perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) absorber in combination with ZnO nanorod arrays (NRAs) for solar cell applications. The perovskite material has a higher absorption coefficient than molecular dye sensitizers, gives better solar cell stability, and is therefore more suited as a sensitizer for ZnO NRAs. A solar cell efficiency of 5.0% was achieved under 1000 W m(-...

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Article history: Received 27 September 2011 Received in revised form 27 November 2011 Accepted 31 December 2011 Available online xxxx

Supan Yodyingyong,†,‡ Xiaoyuan Zhou,† Qifeng Zhang,† Darapond Triampo,§ Junting Xi,† Kwangsuk Park,† Benjie Limketkai, and Guozhong Cao*,† Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UniVersity of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States, Institute for InnoVatiVe Learning, Mahidol UniVersity, 999 Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand, Department of Chemistry, Cent...