Organic solar cells [electronic resource] : theory, experiment, and device simulation / Wolfgang Tress.
2014
TA418.9.N35
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Title
Organic solar cells [electronic resource] : theory, experiment, and device simulation / Wolfgang Tress.
ISBN
9783319100975 electronic book
3319100971 electronic book
9783319100968
3319100971 electronic book
9783319100968
Published
Cham : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 464 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-10097-5 doi
Call Number
TA418.9.N35
Dewey Decimal Classification
621.31244
Summary
This book covers in a textbook-like fashion the basics or organic solar cells, addressing the limits of photovoltaic energy conversion and giving a well-illustrated introduction to molecular electronics with focus on the working principle and characterization of organic solar cells. Further chapters based on the author?s dissertation focus on the electrical processes in organic solar cells by presenting a detailed drift-diffusion approach to describe exciton separation and charge-carrier transport and extraction. The results, although elaborated on small-molecule solar cells and with focus on the zinc phthalocyanine: C60 material system, are of general nature. They propose and demonstrate experimental approaches for getting a deeper understanding of the dominating processes in amorphous thin-film based solar cells in general. The main focus is on the interpretation of the current-voltage characteristics (J-V curve). This very standard measurement technique for a solar cell reflects the electrical processes in the device. Comparing experimental to simulation data, the author discusses the reasons for S-Shaped J-V curves, the role of charge carrier mobilities and energy barriers at interfaces, the dominating recombination mechanisms, the charge carrier generation profile, and other efficiency-limiting processes in organic solar cells. The book concludes with an illustrative guideline on how to identify reasons for changes in the J-V curve. This book is a suitable introduction for students in engineering, physics, material science, and chemistry starting in the field of organic or hybrid thin-film photovoltaics. It is just as valuable for professionals and experimentalists who analyze solar cell devices.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 22, 2015).
Series
Springer series in materials science ; 208.
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Table of Contents
From the Contents: Introduction
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
Organic Solar Cells
Modeling
Simulation Study on Single-Layer Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
Influence of Injection and Extraction Barriers on Open-Circuit Voltage and J-V Curve Shape studied at a Variation of Hole Transport Layer and Donor Materials.
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
Organic Solar Cells
Modeling
Simulation Study on Single-Layer Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
Influence of Injection and Extraction Barriers on Open-Circuit Voltage and J-V Curve Shape studied at a Variation of Hole Transport Layer and Donor Materials.