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

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In this chapter we review the basic principles of photocurrent generation in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, discuss the loss channels limiting their efficiency, and present case studies of several polymer–fullerene blends. Using steady-state and transient, optical, and electrooptical techniques, we create a precise picture of the fundamental processes that ultimately govern solar cell efficiency.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under the Priority Program “Elementary Processes of Organic Photovoltaics” (SPP 1355), BMBF grant MESOMERIE (FKZ 13N10723) and MEDOS (FKZ 03EK3503B), and DFG program IRTG 1404. The project has received funding from the NMP-20-2014—“Widening Materials Models” program under grant agreement number 646259 (MOSTOPHOS). F. Laquai thanks the Max Planck Society for funding the Max Planck Research Group.

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  1. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Frédéric Laquai

  2. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany

    Denis Andrienko

  3. Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Chemnitz, 09126, Chemnitz, Germany

    Carsten Deibel

  4. Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany

    Dieter Neher

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Laquai, F., Andrienko, D., Deibel, C., Neher, D. (2017). Charge Carrier Generation, Recombination, and Extraction in Polymer–Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells. In: Leo, K. (eds) Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 272. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28338-8_11

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