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Development of New Materials and Structures for Efficient Organic Solar Cells Fabricated with Ionically and Electrically Conducting Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Yoshinori Nishikitani ,
Takaya Kubo  and
Hideki Masuda
Yoshinori Nishikitani
Affiliation:
yoshinori.nishikitani@eneos.co.jp, Nippon Oil Corporation, Central Technical Research Laboratory, Research & Development Division, Yokohama, Japan
Takaya Kubo
Affiliation:
ukubo@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp, The University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Hideki Masuda
Affiliation:
masuda.hideki@nitech.ac.jp, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Abstract

New materials and structures have been developed for efficient organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DCSs) and organic thin-film solar cells (OPVs). Some strategies for achieving high photon-to-electricity conversion efficiency in these solar cells are discussed, focusing on nanostructured materials. In the case of DSCs, unlike TiO2 nanoparticles, TiO2 nanotubes with suitable dimensions are expected to work as efficient light scatterers as well as to give large surface areas for charge separation. A strategy for designing triarylamine-functionalized ruthenium dyes, which display the high efficiency, is also proposed. Furthermore, OPVs based on donor/acceptor (D/A) block copolymers are discussed, focusing on the phase separation of donor and acceptor segments and their domain sizes.

Keywords

energy generationphotovoltaicpolymer
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1211: Symposium R – Advanced Nanostructured Solar Cells , 2009 , 1211-R10-03
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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