Effect of OA-ZnSe nanoparticles incorporation on the performance of PVK organic photovoltaic cells

Benchaabane, Aïda; Hamed, Zied Ben; Telfah, Ahmad; Sanhoury, M. A. K.; Kouki, Fayçal; Zellama, K.; Bouchriha, H.

doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2017.03.018

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“…Benchaabane (2017) integrated composites based on oleic acid capped-ZnSe nanoparticles (3–4 nm in size) and PVK in PV cells [ 222 ]. The influence of the oleic acid capped-ZnSe nanoparticles amount (varied from 10% to 90%) on the device performance was investigated.…”

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Hybrid Nanocomposite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: A Review

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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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Hybrid Nanocomposite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: A Review

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“…Nonetheless, despite its low lying HOMO which can yield large open‐circuit voltages (Voc), very few attempts have been made to fabricate PVK‐based PSCs . Both organic and hybrid PVK‐based solar cells produce very low short‐circuit densities (Jsc) which is due to the small amount of light available for harvesting in the sub‐400 nm region of the solar spectrum (AM1.5 g) . In addition, PSC architectures are usually based on ITO‐covered glass coated with zinc oxide (ZnO) or poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT : PSS) and all these materials absorb below 400 nm.…”

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Can Polymer Solar Cells Open the Path to Sustainable and Efficient Photovoltaic Windows Fabrication?

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2018

The Chemical Record

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Sunlight is among the most abundant energy sources available on our planet. Finding adequate solutions to properly and efficiently harvest it is of major importance to potentially solve the global energy crisis. Polymer solar cells have been introduced in the late 20th century as low‐cost and easily processed alternative to the state‐of‐the‐art silicon photovoltaics. Their power conversion efficiencies, which were initially rather low, are constantly improving and now reach values close to 15 %. As their optical properties can be easily tuned, designing active layer which absorb homogeneously throughout the visible spectrum is relatively simple. These peculiar characteristics enable the possibility to fabricate visibly transparent solar cells with high color rendering indices which can be employed as photovoltaic windows. After reviewing some of the most successful examples of polymer solar cell‐based transparent photovoltaic window fabrication, I will discuss the possibility to produce these devices in a sustainable and/or eco‐friendly manner while maintaining their performances.

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“…Bulk heterojunctions (BHJs) of nano-composite materials have received extensive attention from the scientic and technological communities for being potential alternatives to conventional heterojunctions in multiple technological applications. [1][2][3][4][5] BHJs are currently used in optoelectronics, [6][7][8][9][10] radiation detection and photodetection systems, 11,12 dielectrics and photovoltaic devices, 13,14 biology and medicine. [15][16][17][18] In hybrid photovoltaic devices, the polymer and the inorganic components offer additional complementary advantages owing to their low-cost manufacturing processes, exibility, reproducibility, and versatile functionalities.…”

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“…Zinc selenide (ZnSe), cadmium sulde (CdS), and other inorganic semiconductors are, nevertheless, suitable candidate materials for optoelectronic applications due to an improved efficiency of the functioning nano-composite devices. [30][31][32][33][34][35] CdSe NPs are known to offer advantageous optoelectronic properties compared with other counterparts. [36][37][38] One way of improving the synthesis of the NPs is by using surface ligands to facilitate charge transfer between the phases.…”

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