Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Hot Carrier Solar Cell: Implementation of the Ultimate Photovoltaic Converter Photon Enhanced Thermionic Emission (PETE) for Solar Concentrator Systems Self-sorting of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Large Area Low Cost Transparent Electrodes Ultra-High Efficiency Thermophotovoltaic Solar Cells Using Metallic Photonic Crystals as Intermediate Absorber and Emitter Molecular Solar Cells Nanostructured Materials for High-Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cells Lateral Nanoconcentrator Nanowire Multijunction Photovoltaic Cells Plasmonic Photovoltaics Artificial Photosynthesis: Membrane-Supported Assemblies that Use Sunlight to Split Water Advanced Materials and Devices for Low-Cost and High-Performance Organic Photovoltaic Cells Inorganic Nanocomposite Solar Cells by ALD Nanostructured Silicon-Based Tandem Solar Cells Photosynthetic Bioelectricity Nanostructured Metal-Organic Composite Solar Cells Ordered Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells Biomass Energy Hydrogen Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Energy Distribution & Infrastructures Geoengineering All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Molecular Solar Cells

May 2007 - August 2009

Investigators

Peter Peumans, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Gaynor, W., J-Y. Lee, and P. Peumans. “All solution-processed polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells on opaque substrates.” (Submitted, 2009).
Lee, J-Y., S. Connor, Y. Cui, and P. Peumans. “Semitransparent organic photovoltaic cells with laminated top electrode.” Advanced Materials (Submitted, 2009).
Agrawal, M. and P. Peumans. "Broadband optical absorption enhancement through coherent light trapping in thin-film photovoltaic cells." Optics Express Vol.16, No. 8, pp. 5385-5396, doi:10.1364/OE.16.005385 (2008).
Wu, J., H. A. Becerril, Z. Bao, Z. Liu, Y. Chen, and P. Peumans. "Organic solar cells with solution-processed graphene transparent electrodes." Applied Physics Letter Vol. 92, No. 26, pp. 263302, doi:10.1063/1.2924771 (2008).
M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, "Broadband optical absorption enhancement through coherent light trapping in thin-film photovoltaic cells," Optics Express 16, 5385-5396 (2008).
Liu, S. Zhao, S. B. Rim, M. Koenemann, P. Erk, and P. Peumans. "Control of electric field strength and orientation at the donor-acceptor interface in organic solar cells." Advanced Materials, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 1065-1070, doi:10.1002/adma.200702554 (2008).

Zhao, S. and P. Peumans. "Geminate recombination at organic semiconductor heterojunctions." (Submitted, 2008).
Rim, S. B., S. Zhao, S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee and P. Peumans. "An effective light trapping configuration for thin-film solar cells." Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, 243501, doi:10.1063/1.2789677 (2007).

Updated September 2009