Polymer and organic solar cells viewed as thin film technologies: What it will take for them to become a success outside academia

被引:26
作者
Krebs, Frederik C. [1 ]
Jorgensen, Mikkel [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Denmark, Dept Energy Convers & Storage, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Thin film solar cells; Polymer solar cells; CdTe; CIGS; a-Si; Q-function; STABILITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.032
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The polymer and organic solar cell technology is critically presented in the context of other thin film technologies with a specific focus on what it will take to make them a commercial success. The academic success of polymer and organic solar cells far outweigh any other solar cell technology when judging by the number of scientific publications whereas the application of polymer and organic solar cells in real products is completely lacking. This aspect is viewed as a sign of the polymer and organic solar cell field as being more complex and less mature and it raises the question of whether an organic analog to a successful inorganic technology is forcibly needed and indeed whether it is at all worth exploring beyond academia. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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