Advancement in simulation and modeling of organic solar cells
Pooja Agnihotria, M.Patel, A.Verma, S.Sahu, Sandeep Pathak, Sanjay Tiwaria
Organic solar cells (OSCs) has recently received a great impulse as it is safe & clean substitute for the existing fossil fuel power plants, can be manufactured by low temperature processes at low-cost with a promising energy balance. During the past years OSCs performance has improved significantly but needs further improvements. Simulations/modelling are powerful tools for optimization of OSCs, reveal new insights, and predict the behaviour, performance, limitations, stability, dependency of OSCs & maximum attainable efficiency. In this paper we review a chain of simulation models (optical/electrical) for modelling state of the art devices, corresponding development in recent years on the basis of device physics and working principle, analyzing photo-absorption, quantum efficiency, short-circuit current, open-circuit voltage and fill-factor of the device to meet photovoltaic needs.
Keywords
Organic Solar Cells, Drift Diffusion Model, Photo-active Polymer, Non-uniform Generation, Exciton
Published online 8/2/2017, 24 pages
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291371-11
Part of Recent Advances in Photovoltaics
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