Organic Photovoltaic Cell Photovoltaic cells covert sunlight directly in to electricity. When sunlight is absorbed by semiconducting materials, the solar energy knocks electrons loose from their atoms, allowing the electrons to flow through the material to produce electricity. ☞ Simple principle of Organic Photovoltaic Cell h+ e- dye acceptor donor hv D + hv → D* D* + acceptor → D+ +acceptor- D+ + donor → D + donor+ Donor-Acceptor type Organic Photovoltaic Cell
Why Organic Photovoltaic Cell?? ☞ Advantage of Organic Photovoltaic cell? - High efficiency : up to 20% - Low cost : 0.6$/W - Long lifetime : over 20 years - No expensive process - Various structure electrode ETM + DYE electrode HTM ITO Flexible PV cell!! substrate
Fabrication of Organic Photovoltaic Cell ☞ Process flow of Organic PV cell ☞ Synthesis of Dye-CNTs Substrate ITO Hole acceptor Passivation tape Electron acceptor Substrate ITO Substrate ITO electrode Dye coated CNTs as Electron acceptor