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WOLEDs and Organic Photovoltaics

Recent Advances and Applications

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Editors:
  1. Vivian W. W. Yam

    1. Dept. Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong/PR China

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  • hot topic with ongoing research; book covers the latest developments
  • written by top-notch researchers in the field
  • first monograph of a series in the area of clean energy
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Overview and Highlights of WOLEDs and Organic Solar Cells: From Research to Applications

    • Maggie Mei-Yee Chan, Chi-Hang Tao, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
    Pages 1-35

  3. White-Emitting Polymers and Devices

    • Hongbin Wu, Lei Ying, Wei Yang, Yong Cao
    Pages 37-78

  4. Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Complexes for White Organic Light-Emitting Diode Applications

    • Chi-Chung Kwok, Steven Chi Fai Kui, Siu-Wai Lai, Chi-Ming Che
    Pages 79-104

  5. Solid-State Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells Based on Cationic Transition Metal Complexes for White Light Generation

    • Hai-Ching Su, Ken-Tsung Wong, Chung-Chih Wu
    Pages 105-135

  6. Horizontal Molecular Orientation in Vacuum-Deposited Organic Amorphous Films

    • Daisuke Yokoyama, Chihaya Adachi
    Pages 137-151

  7. Recent Advances in Sensitized Solar Cells

    • Arthur J. Frank
    Pages 153-168

  8. Implications of Interfacial Electronics to Performance of Organic Photovoltaic Devices

    • M. F. Lo, T. W. Ng, M. K. Fung, S. L. Lai, M. Y. Chan, C. S. Lee et al.
    Pages 169-197

  9. Improving Polymer Solar Cell Through Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting

    • Hsiang-Yu Chen, Zheng Xu, Gang Li, Yang Yang
    Pages 199-236

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 237-240
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A major global issue that the world is facing today is the upcoming depletion of fossil fuels and the energy crisis. In 1998, the global annual energy consumption was 12. 7 TW; of which 80% was generated from fossil fuels. This also translates into huge annual emissions of CO that leads to massive environmental problems, 2 particularly the global warming, which could be disastrous. Future global annual energy needs are also estimated to rise dramatically. A major challenge confronting the world is to ?nd an additional 14–20 TW by 2050 when our energy reserves based on fossil fuels are vanishing. The massive demand for energy would require materials and/or processes that would help to provide new sources of clean ren- able energy or to develop processes that would harvest energy or to better utilize energy in an ef?cient manner. The present monograph, WOLEDs and Organic Photovoltaics – Recent Advances and Applications, focuses on a very important and timely subject of topical interest that deals with the more ef?cient use of energy through white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) for solid-state lighting and the development of clean sources of renewable energy through the harvesting of light energy for conversion into electrical energy in organic photovoltaics. While LED solid-state lighting and photovoltaics have been dominated by inorganic semiconductor materials and silicon-based solar cells, there have been growing interests in the development of WOLEDs and organic photovoltaics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong/PR China

    Vivian W. W. Yam

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