1. Edition - June 2008
179.- Euro
2008. XXII, 575 Pages, Hardcover
298 Fig. (51 Colored Fig.), 36 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31675-2
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31675-5 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Content

Sample Chapter

Index



Short description
Providing complementary views from academia and technology companies, this book covers the three important aspects of materials, device physics, and manufacturing technologies, as well as offering an insight into commercialization concerns. With an introduction by Alan Heeger.

From the contents
Introduction
I. MATERIALS FOR THIN FILM ORGANIC PV
Donors
- Polythiophenes and their PV Properties
- Polyfluorenes and Fluorene-based Copolymers and their PV Properties
- Low Bandgap Systems for Organic PV
- Small Molecules for Organic PV
Acceptors
- Fullerenes
- Polymeric Acceptors
Solution Processable Nanoparticles and Sol Gel Materials
- The Chemistry of Sol Gel ITO, TiOx, ZnOx as Photovoltaic Components
- Inorganic Nanoparticles for Hybrid Solar Cells
Transport Layers
- PEDOT
- PANI
II. DEVICE PHYSICS OF THIN FILM ORGANIC PV
Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
- Overview of the State of the Art of Organic Solar Cells
- Overview on the Photophysics of Organic Solar Cells
- Device Physics of Organic Solar Cells
- Transport Phenomena in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
- Morphology of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Hybrid Solar Cells
- TiOx Template / Polymer Solar Cells
- TiOx and ZnO Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Small Molecule Multilayer Solar Cells
- TiOx
III. TECHNOLOGY FOR THIN FILM ORGANIC PV
Electrodes for Thin Film PV
- High Performance Electrodes
- R2R Processing of Highly Conductive Metal Oxides
- Novel Electrode Structures for Thin Film PV
Packaging of Thin Film PV
- Flexible Substrates Requirements for Organic Photovoltaics
- Barrier Films for Photovoltaic Applications)
Production of Thin Film PV
- R2R Processing of Thin Film Organic Semiconductors
- Costs, components and System Integration of Organic Photovoltaics
New Concepts and Outlook
- Limitations of Solid State Photovoltaics