Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. In situ Studies of Morphology Formation in Solution-Processed Polymer–Fullerene Blends

   • Esther Barrena, Felix Buss, Ana Perez-Rodriguez, Monamie Sanyal, Benjamin Schmidt-Hansberg, Michael F. G. Klein et al.

   Pages 1-24

3. Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Well-Defined Organic Semiconductors and Morphologies

   • Amaresh Mishra, Volker Schmidt, René A. J. Janssen, Peter Bäuerle

   Pages 25-49

4. Dicyanovinylene-Substituted Oligothiophenes for Organic Solar Cells

   • Christian Koerner, Hannah Ziehlke, Roland Fitzner, Moritz Riede, Amaresh Mishra, Peter Bäuerle et al.

   Pages 51-75

5. Charge Separation at Nanostructured Molecular Donor–Acceptor Interfaces

   • Andreas Opitz, Rupak Banerjee, Stefan Grob, Mark Gruber, Alexander Hinderhofer, Ulrich Hörmann et al.

   Pages 77-108

6. Optoelectronic Properties of PCPDTBT for Photovoltaics: Morphology Control and Molecular Doping

   • Elizabeth von Hauff, Enrico da Como, Sabine Ludwigs

   Pages 109-138

7. Interplay Between Microscopic Structure and Intermolecular Charge-Transfer Processes in Polymer–Fullerene Bulk Heterojunctions

   • Vladimir Dyakonov, Hannes Kraus, Andreas Sperlich, Robert Magerle, Mario Zerson, Martin Dehnert

   Pages 139-155

8. Nanoscale Morphology from Donor–Acceptor Block Copolymers: Formation and Functions

   • David Heinrich, Martin Hufnagel, Chetan Raj Singh, Matthias Fischer, Shahidul Alam, Harald Hoppe et al.

   Pages 157-191

9. Donor–Acceptor Dyes for Organic Photovoltaics

   • Alhama Arjona-Esteban, Martin Robert Lenze, Klaus Meerholz, Frank Würthner

   Pages 193-214

10. Controlled Morphologies by Molecular Design and Nano-Imprint Lithography

    • Thomas Pfadler, Claudia M. Palumbiny, Wojciech Pisula, Holger C. Hesse, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Müllen et al.

    Pages 215-242

11. Tuning Side Chain and Main Chain Order in a Prototypical Donor–Acceptor Copolymer: Implications for Optical, Electronic, and Photovoltaic Characteristics

    • Marcel Schubert, Johannes Frisch, Sybille Allard, Eduard Preis, Ullrich Scherf, Norbert Koch et al.

    Pages 243-265

12. Charge Carrier Generation, Recombination, and Extraction in Polymer–Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

    • Frédéric Laquai, Denis Andrienko, Carsten Deibel, Dieter Neher

    Pages 267-291

13. Controlling the Electronic Interface Properties in Polymer–Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    • T. Stubhan, N. Wolf, J. Manara, V. Dyakonov, C. J. Brabec

    Pages 293-310

14. Near-Infrared Sensitization of Polymer/Fullerene Solar Cells: Controlling the Morphology and Transport in Ternary Blends

    • Tayebeh Ameri, Michael Forster, Ullrich Scherf, Christoph J. Brabec

    Pages 311-326

15. Critical Dimensions in Small-Molecule Plasmonic Particle Solar Cells

    • Till Jägeler-Hoheisel, Johannes Benduhn, Christian Körner, Karl Leo

    Pages 327-349

16. Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers with Complex Architecture for Photovoltaic Applications

    • Anton Kiriy, Frederik C. Krebs

    Pages 351-376

17. Electronic Properties of Interfaces with Oligo- and Polythiophenes

    • Petra Tegeder

    Pages 377-399

18. Impact of Charge Carrier Mobility and Electrode Selectivity on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

    • Annika Spies, Jeneke Reinhardt, Mathias List, Birger Zimmermann, Uli Würfel

    Pages 401-418

19. Back Matter

    Pages 419-421

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This volume presents the results of a multi-year research programme funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council), which explains how organic solar cells work. In this new promising photovoltaic technology, carbon-based materials are deposited by low-cost methods onto flexible substrates, thus allowing devices which open completely new applications like transparent coatings for building, solar cells integrated into clothing or packages, and many more. The investigation of organic solar cells is an interdisciplinary  topic, covering physics, chemistry and engineering. The different chapters address topics ranging from the synthesis of new organic materials, to the characterization of the elementary processes such as exciton transport and separation, and the principles of highly efficient device design.

• Block copolymers
• Bulk-heterojunction solar cells
• Charge separation at nanomolecular interfaces
• Intermolecular charge transfer
• Nanoscale morphology
• Organic semiconductors
• Organic solar cells from self-assembling
• Polymer-fullerene bulk-heterojunctions
• Polymeric solar cells
• p-B-n organic junctions

• Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

  Karl Leo

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