Organic photovoltaic materials and devices

Jean-Michel Nunzi

doi:10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01335-X

Photonique moleculaire : matériaux, physique et composants/Molecular photonics: materials, physics and devices

Organic photovoltaic materials and devices

Jean-Michel Nunzi ¹

¹ ERT Cellules solaires photovoltaïques plastiques, Laboratoire POMA, UMR-CNRS 6136, Université d'Angers, 2, boulevard Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France

Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 3 (2002) no. 4, pp. 523-542.

Résumé
Abstract

Les cellules solaires photovoltaïques organiques sont porteuses d'un potentiel de développement important dans la recherche de modules bas coût pour la production d'électricité domestique. Nous examinons les principes et techniques nécessaires à leur développement : les semi-conducteurs organiques, leurs propriétés de transport et leurs caractéristiques photo-physiques, les matériaux photovoltaı̈ques organiques, la technologie des dispositifs, le comportement électrique et optique des cellules, l'état de l'art, les limitations et les perspectives. Malgré de récents records, la recherche sur les cellules solaires organiques en est toujours à ses débuts lorsqu'on la compare au silicium en termes de performances en stabilité et en efficacité. Un rendement solaire nominal voisin de 10 % sera l'objectif des recherches pour les années qui viennent.

Organic photovoltaic solar cells bere an important potential of development in the search for low-cost modules for the production of domestic electricity. We review the principles and techniques needed for their development: organic semiconductors, their transport properties and photophysical characteristics, photovoltaic molecule and polymer structures, device technologies, electrical and optical behaviour of the cells, state of the art, limitations and perspectives. Despite some recent record efficiencies, research on organic solar cells is still in its infancy when stability and efficiency have to be compared with the performances of silicon cells. A nominal 10% solar efficiency is the research target for the next few years.

Accepté le : 2002-03-01
Publié le : 2002-01-01

DOI : 10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01335-X

Keywords: photovoltaic solar cell, organic semiconductor, molecular engineering, photogeneration
Mots-clés : cellule solaire photovoltaïque, semi-conducteur organique, ingénierie moléculaire, photo-génération

Affiliations des auteurs :

Jean-Michel Nunzi ¹

¹ ERT Cellules solaires photovoltaïques plastiques, Laboratoire POMA, UMR-CNRS 6136, Université d'Angers, 2, boulevard Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France

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Jean-Michel Nunzi. Organic photovoltaic materials and devices. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 3 (2002) no. 4, pp. 523-542. doi : 10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01335-X. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01335-X/

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