This document provides an overview of organic solar cells. It discusses that organic solar cells are more economical and flexible than traditional silicon solar cells. The structure of organic solar cells is described, including the light-absorbing donor polymer layer, the electron-acceptor fullerene layer, and electrodes. Applications mentioned include phone chargers, small electronics, and building-integrated photovoltaics. Manufacturing of organic solar cells has lower costs than silicon cells due to using thinner films of molecules. While organic solar cells have disadvantages like lower efficiency and shorter lifetimes than silicon, they provide benefits such as flexibility, low weight, and reduced environmental impact.
CONTENTS
• About Photovoltaiccell
• Why organic solar cells ?
• Structure of Organic Solar Cell
• Application of OSC
• Manufacturing costs
• Environmental Impact
• Disadvantages
• References
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Classical photovoltaicsolar cells based on
inorganic semiconductors (Silicon) was
developed in 1954 by Chapin, Fuller and
Pearson in the Bell Labs.
•Some of its demerits :
Silicon is expensive.
Not flexible
Limited availability of inorganic material.
ABOUT PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL
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WHY ORGANIC SOLARCELLS ?
Ease of Processing
Mechanical flexibility
Economically viable
Safer environment
Unlimited availability
Less expensive than inorganic materials (Si).
Compatibility (thin cells)
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•Optical photons absorbedand creates
exitons (bound electron-hole pair).
•The negative electrode is Aluminum.
•Indium Tin Oxide(ITO) is the
common transparent electrode.
•The substrate is glass.
•Current is generated when the
resulting free electrons and holes are
transported through the donor
polymer and acceptor fullerene,
respectively, to the electrodes.
Structure of Organic Cells
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Single layer OSC
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It has only one active layer between cathode
and anode.
The donar and acceptor polymers are merged.
So distance between electron and hole pair is
decreased.
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• OSCs areeasily manufactured.
• Molecules are easier to work with and can be used
with thin film substrates that are 1000 times thinner
than Silicon cells.
• This fact reduce the cost production significantly.
Manufacturing Process and Cost :
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
•Less energyconsumption in manufacturing OSC than
the Inorganic solar cells.
•An extensive use of OSC contribute to the increased
use of solar power globally and make renewable energy
sources friendlier.
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ADVANTAGES
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Lowcost.
savings on materials.
Low weight and flexibility of the PV modules.
Short energy payback time.
Low environmental impact during manufacturing.
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Low efficiency (5%compared to 15% of silicon cells).
Short lifetime.
Commercially not available
DISADVANTAGES
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Personal mobilephone
charger
Small home electronics and
mobile electronics attachment
Power generation
BIPV (Building –integrated
photovoltaic) such as building’s
exterior wall, window.
Applications
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REFERENCES
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Department of Physics, Azad University, North branch, Tehran, Iran,
www.sciepub.com
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cell”, Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) 2010
IEEE.
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338
[3] Chakaroun, M, Ratier,B, Milton, A“Surface modeling of Organic
cells”, Advances in computational tools for enggineering applications,
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