About the Book: Nanostructured Materials for Type Iii Photovoltaics
Materials for type III solar cells have branched into a series of generic
groups. These include organic 'small molecule and polymer conjugated structures,
fullerenes, quantum dots, copper indium gallium selenide nanocrystal films,
dyes/TiO2 for Grätzel cells, hybrid organic/inorganic composites and
perovskites. Whilst the power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells are
modest compared to other type III photovoltaic materials, plastic semiconductors
provide a cheap route to manufacture through solution processing and offer
flexible devices. However, other types of materials are proving to be compatible
with this type of processing whilst providing higher device efficiencies. As a
result, the