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Socol M, Preda N. Hybrid Nanocomposite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: A Review. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:1117. [PMID: 33925952 PMCID: PMC8145415 DOI: 10.3390/nano11051117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
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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Wang H, Chen M, Jiang B, Tong W, Qian Q, Lin K, Liu F. Solution-Processable Platinum-Acetylide-based Small Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. CHINESE J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201500260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Li M, Ni W, Feng H, Kan B, Wan X, Zhang Y, Yang X, Chen Y. Dithienopyrrole Based Small Molecule with Low Band Gap for Organic Solar Cells. CHINESE J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201500170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Masi S, Colella S, Listorti A, Roiati V, Liscio A, Palermo V, Rizzo A, Gigli G. Growing perovskite into polymers for easy-processable optoelectronic devices. Sci Rep 2015; 5:7725. [PMID: 25579988 PMCID: PMC4289898 DOI: 10.1038/srep07725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Here we conceive an innovative nanocomposite to endow hybrid perovskites with the easy processability of polymers, providing a tool to control film quality and material crystallinity. We verify that the employed semiconducting polymer, poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV), controls the self-assembly of CH₃NH₃PbI₃ (MAPbI₃) crystalline domains and favors the deposition of a very smooth and homogenous layer in one straightforward step. This idea offers a new paradigm for the implementation of polymer/perovskite nanocomposites towards versatile optoelectronic devices combined with the feasibility of mass production. As a proof-of-concept we propose the application of such nanocomposite in polymer solar cell architecture, demonstrating a power conversion efficiency up to 3%, to date the highest reported for MEH-PPV. On-purpose designed polymers are expected to suit the nanocomposite properties for the integration in diverse optoelectronic devices via facile processing condition.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sofia Masi
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Universita' del Salento, Via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy
- Center for Bio-Molecular Nanotechnology - Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Barsanti, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy
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- NNL – National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR Istituto Nanoscienze, Distretto Tecnologico, Via Arnesano 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Center for Bio-Molecular Nanotechnology - Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Barsanti, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy
- NNL – National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR Istituto Nanoscienze, Distretto Tecnologico, Via Arnesano 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
| | - Vittoria Roiati
- Center for Bio-Molecular Nanotechnology - Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Barsanti, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy
- Dept. of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, p.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, Italy
| | - Andrea Liscio
- Istituto per la Sintesi e la Fotoreattività CNR, via Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40120, Italy
| | - Vincenzo Palermo
- Istituto per la Sintesi e la Fotoreattività CNR, via Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40120, Italy
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- NNL – National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR Istituto Nanoscienze, Distretto Tecnologico, Via Arnesano 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Universita' del Salento, Via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy
- Center for Bio-Molecular Nanotechnology - Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Barsanti, 73010 Arnesano (Lecce), Italy
- NNL – National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR Istituto Nanoscienze, Distretto Tecnologico, Via Arnesano 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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