Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites for Photovoltaic Cells

Abstract

Inorganic/organic hybrid solar cells have attracted a lot of interest due to their potential in combining the advantages of both components. To understand the key issues in association with photoinduced charge separation/transportation processes and to improve overall power conversion efficiency, various combinations with nanostructures of hybrid systems have been investigated. Here, we briefly review the structures of hybrid nanocomposites studied so far, and attempt to associate the power conversion efficiency with these nanostructures. Subsequently, we are then able to summarize the factors for optimizing the performance of inorganic/organic hybrid solar cells.

Keywords

• solar cell
• semiconductor
• conjugated polymer
• nanostructure
• photovoltaic
• charge separation
• interface
• nanocomposites