Issue 12, 2011

Morphology of polymer-based bulk heterojunction films for organic photovoltaics

Abstract

In recent years organic photovoltaics have become one of the most increasing research areas due to their potential towards a cheap and broad applicability. Besides the chemical structure and the resulting electronic and absorption properties, the morphology of the active layer in such systems was found to be one of the most important issues to gain reasonable device performance. The development of tomography and advanced scattering techniques enables the detection of 3-dimensional morphologies in these materials. In this review we focus on the latest findings concerning the morphology and its control parameters in polymer-based bulk heterojunction systems and its importance for the development of high performance organic solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Morphology of polymer-based bulk heterojunction films for organic photovoltaics

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
16 Dec 2010
Accepted
09 Mar 2011
First published
09 Apr 2011

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 5482-5493

Morphology of polymer-based bulk heterojunction films for organic photovoltaics

M. A. Ruderer and P. Müller-Buschbaum, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 5482 DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01502D

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