Organic and hybrid organic-inorganic photovoltaics: from understanding key loss mechanisms to developing new approaches.

James W. Ryan

ICYS-GREEN Researcher

Organic and hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells offer a green route to generating electricity based on earth-abundant materials that are compatible with low-cost solution-based fabrication methods. In this talk, I will present results on small molecule organic solar cells and hybrid quantum dot / fullerene solar cells, focusing on both device photophysics and the importance of controlling morphology.^1-4 I shall also discuss a big issue in organic solar cells and how to overcome it – replacing PCBM without losing photocurrent.⁵ I will then provide a brief background on organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells and explain how I am contributing to this exciting research field at NIMS.

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4. Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 5871-5878


5. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 8319