Title: Optical properties engineering for Organic Solar Cells

Authors: Jean-Jacques Simon, Ludovic Escoubas, Florent Monestier, Philippe Torchio, Francois Flory

Addresses: Aix-Marseille Universite, IM2NP, CNRS, IM2NP UMR 6242 (Marseille – Toulon), Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Campus de Saint-Jerome, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen – Service 231, F-13397 Marseille Cedex, France. ' Aix-Marseille Universite, IM2NP, CNRS, IM2NP UMR 6242 (Marseille – Toulon), Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Campus de Saint-Jerome, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen – Service 231, F-13397 Marseille Cedex, France. ' Aix-Marseille Universite, IM2NP, CNRS, IM2NP UMR 6242 (Marseille – Toulon), Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Campus de Saint-Jerome, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen – Service 231, F-13397 Marseille Cedex, France. ' Aix-Marseille Universite, IM2NP, CNRS, IM2NP UMR 6242 (Marseille – Toulon), Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Campus de Saint-Jerome, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen – Service 231, F-13397 Marseille Cedex, France. ' Directeur de Centrale Marseille Recherche et Technologies, and IM2NP UMR 6242, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Technopole de Chateau-Gombert, 38 rue Joliot Curie, 13451 Marseille Cedex 20, France

Abstract: Organic Solar Cells (OSC) have received increasing attention over the last few years for their potential technological applications as well as fundamental science. To increase the part of the incident light which is absorbed in the photoactive layer, optical properties of the cell are critical and should be optimised. In this paper, we review how photonics has stimulated researches and news experimental approaches to improve photovoltaic conversion in OSC. Solutions used to confine the light in the device are described and new architectures of organic solar cell are presented.

Keywords: organic solar cells; optics; organic materials; optical engineering; optical properties; photonics; photovoltaic conversion; solar energy; solar power.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2009.025001

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2009 Vol.34 No.4, pp.469 - 487

Published online: 06 May 2009 *

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