A review of photovoltaic performance of organic/inorganic solar cells for future renewable and sustainable energy technologies

Ajayan, J.; Nirmal, D.; Mohankumar, P.; Saravanan, M.; Jagadesh, M.; Arivazhagan, L.

doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2020.106549

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“…Currently the market for photovoltaic technology can be broadly divided into two types: (1) large module for terrestrial power supply, and (2) smaller module for powering portable devices. Although PCE is not as high as the above-mentioned works, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) (PCE usually lower than 10% 2 , 3 ) can play an important contribution to both areas, and have particularly promising potential in the second category 6 . The flexible dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSC) have emerged as a revolutionary technology in past few years due to their ability to power portable and wearable electronics, especially in applications where flexibility is required 7 .…”

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“…Solar energy is the most promising one among all the renewable energy sources due to its sustainable, abundant, and readily available nature. Over the past few decades researchers have put significant efforts to improve the performance and stability of the photovoltaic (PV) technologies 2 , 3 . For example, in the area of inverted metamorphic concentrator solar cells, Geisz et al proposed that a six-junction (6J) inverted metamorphic multijunction concentrator solar cell design using moderately high junction materials has the potential to exceed 50% efficiency 4 .…”

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A photoanode with hierarchical nanoforest TiO2 structure and silver plasmonic nanoparticles for flexible dye sensitized solar cell

Choudhury

Lin

Shawon

et al. 2021

Sci Rep

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Due to unique photovoltaic properties, the nanostructured morphologies of TiO2 on flexible substrate have been studied extensively in the recent years for applications in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Microstructured electrode materials with high surface area can facilitate rapid charge transport and thus improve the light-to-current conversion efficiency. Herein we present an improved photoanode with forest like photoactive TiO2 hierarchical microstructure using a simple and facile hydrothermal route. To utilize the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and hence increase the photon conversion efficiency, a plasmonic nanoparticle Ag has also been deposited using a very feasible photoreduction method. The branched structure of the photoanode increases the dye loading by filling the space between the nanowires, whereas Ag nanoparticles play the multiple roles of dye absorption and light scattering to increase the light-to-current conversion efficiency of the device. The branched structure provides a suitable matrix for the subsequent Ag deposition. They improve the charge collection efficiency by providing the preferential electron pathways. The high-density Ag nanoparticles deposited on the forest like structure also decrease the charge recombination and therefore improve the photovoltaic efficiency of the cells. As a result, the DSSC based on this novel photoanode shows remarkably higher photon conversion efficiency (ηmax = 4.0% and ηopt = 3.15%) compared to the device based on pristine nanowire or forest-like TiO2 structure. The flexibility of the device showed sustainable and efficient performance of the microcells.

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confidence: 99%

A photoanode with hierarchical nanoforest TiO2 structure and silver plasmonic nanoparticles for flexible dye sensitized solar cell

Choudhury

Lin

Shawon

et al. 2021

Sci Rep

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“…The transparent and electrically conductive electrodes of the anode (indium-tin oxide 3 ) and 1 Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester 2 Poly(3-hexylthiophene) the cathode (aluminum 4 ) are placed around the layer to collect the electric charge carriers, which their energy levels with the active layer are plotted in Fig. 4 [24].…”

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“…According to human needs and the use of clean and renewable Energies and the limitation of fossil fuels and environmental pollution caused by them, since decades ego, solar energy and converting into electrical energy by solar cells, has been considered by researchers [1]- [3]. Organic semiconductors materials are widely used in solar cells due to the deposition of nanometer thin films, high absorption coefficient and conductivity of electrical charge carriers [4]- [7].…”

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Effects of Variation of the Organic Solar Cell Layers’ Dimensions on Electrical Charge Carrier Transfer

Sepahvand

Bahrami

2021

IJOP

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In this work, the effect of changing the dimensions of the layer structure on the collection of electrical charge carriers which been produced in the thin film composed of P3HT 1 and PCBM 2 that is between two electrodes, using the Monte Carlo numerical simulation with Bortez, Callus and Lebowitz algorithms, with checkered structure and different dimensions 60×15×5 sites, 60×30×5 sites, have been the conditions of the layers. At first, the average number of electrons and holes produced on the cathode and anode electrodes in two stages (simultaneous injection of excitons, without and with the presence of deep traps) was calculated and it was concluded that, by increasing layer width, the average number of electrical charge carriers collected on the electrodes has decreased, which has a direct impact on production of layer circuits and solar cell performance. Finally, the amount of external quantum efficiency of the layers was also calculated. In 60×15×5 sites layer, in two stageswithout and with the presence of traps -the average value of external quantum efficiency 52.3% and 42.43% was obtained and in 60×30×5 sites layer, the value of 42.43% and 37.9% was calculated.

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“…Lately, various papers have summarized the achievements attained in the field of the PV cells fabricated by various processing techniques (spin-coating, blade coating, spray coating, vacuum evaporation, screen printing, inkjet printing, etc.) [8,11,[34][35][36][81][82][83][84][85]. However, a review focused on the development achieved in the PV cells based on composite layers involving inorganic semiconductors nanostructures embedded in the organic materials can be very helpful in understanding the impact of different factors on the device performance and finding new approaches to overcome the current limitations in the upcoming years.…”

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Hybrid Nanocomposite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: A Review

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Preda

2021

Nanomaterials

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Continuing growth in global energy consumption and the growing concerns regarding climate change and environmental pollution are the strongest drivers of renewable energy deployment. Solar energy is the most abundant and cleanest renewable energy source available. Nowadays, photovoltaic technologies can be regarded as viable pathways to provide sustainable energy generation, the achievement attained in designing nanomaterials with tunable properties and the progress made in the production processes having a major impact in their development. Solar cells involving hybrid nanocomposite layers have, lately, received extensive research attention due to the possibility to combine the advantages derived from the properties of both components: flexibility and processability from the organic part and stability and optoelectronics features from the inorganic part. Thus, this review provides a synopsis on hybrid solar cells developed in the last decade which involve composite layers deposited by spin-coating, the most used deposition method, and matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation, a relatively new deposition technique. The overview is focused on the hybrid nanocomposite films that can use conducting polymers and metal phthalocyanines as p-type materials, fullerene derivatives and non-fullerene compounds as n-type materials, and semiconductor nanostructures based on metal oxide, chalcogenides, and silicon. A survey regarding the influence of various factors on the hybrid solar cell efficiency is given in order to identify new strategies for enhancing the device performance in the upcoming years.

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A review of photovoltaic performance of organic/inorganic solar cells for future renewable and sustainable energy technologies

Cited by 123 publications

References 375 publications

A photoanode with hierarchical nanoforest TiO2 structure and silver plasmonic nanoparticles for flexible dye sensitized solar cell

A photoanode with hierarchical nanoforest TiO2 structure and silver plasmonic nanoparticles for flexible dye sensitized solar cell

Effects of Variation of the Organic Solar Cell Layers’ Dimensions on Electrical Charge Carrier Transfer

Hybrid Nanocomposite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: A Review

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