Browsing Theses by Subject "organic solar cells"
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Development of Benzodithiophene (BDT)-Based Wide Bandgap Donor-Acceptor (D-A) Polymers Containing Novel Thiophene and Benzene Acceptor Building Blocks for Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-18)Organic solar cells (OSCs) are an emerging renewable energy technology with advantages of low cost, flexibility, lightweight, and easy processability. High performing OSCs often consist of a wide bandgap polymer donor and ... -
The Influence of Dielectric Constant of Polymer Donors and Their Blends on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)Organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising photovoltaic technology because the optoelectronic properties of the organic materials can be easily tuned, which allows for constant improvement in the device performance, material ... -
The Influence of Morphology and Molecular Orientation on the Efficiency and Lifetime of Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-10)One of the reasons for the low efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) is because the relationship between morphology and molecular orientation of the organic semiconductors and the performance and lifetime of the OSC is ... -
Investigating the Influence of Electron Extraction Layers on the Photostability of Inverted Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)Decades of active research on organic solar cells (OSCs) have recently led to a significant increase in their power conversion efficiency (PCE). However, large-scale commercialization of the technology has not yet been ... -
Wide bandgap conjugated polymer donors based on alkyloxime substituted thiophene for organic solar cells
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)Remarkable progress has been made for non-fullerene based organic solar cells (OSCs), with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 18% having been achieved. Conjugated polymer donors consisting of alternating donor and ... -
Wide-bandgap Donor Polymers Based on Thiophene-Vinyl-Thiophene Ester (TVT-Ester) or Thiophene-Alkyloxime (TO) Units in Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)The organic solar cells (OSCs), a branch of the third-generation solar cell as a viable future energy resource has received a lot of attention in lab and industry today. The OSCs have advantages of low cost, light weight, ...