Emerging Organic and Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices for Specialty Applications: Low‐Level‐Lighting Energy Conversion and Biomedical Treatment

This article reviews the progress made in emerging photovoltaic devices, including dye‐sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and perovskite solar cells, for specialty applications. Because they all feature tunable band structures, which can be modified through molecular design and/or altered...

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Published in:Advanced optical materials 2019-01, Vol.7 (1), p.n/a
Main Author: Chen, Fang‐Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption spectra
biomedical devices
Design modifications
Dye-sensitized solar cells
Energy conversion
Fluorescence
indoor lighting
Infrared windows
Lighting
Materials science
Optics
Organic chemistry
organic solar cells
perovskite solar cells
Perovskites
Photons
Photovoltaic cells
photovoltaic devices
polymer solar cells
Skin
White light
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Summary:This article reviews the progress made in emerging photovoltaic devices, including dye‐sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and perovskite solar cells, for specialty applications. Because they all feature tunable band structures, which can be modified through molecular design and/or altered compositions, the properties of emerging photovoltaic devices can be tailored to fit the special requirements of a particular application. For instance, they can be designed according to the emission spectrum of an artificial light source (e.g., fluorescence lamp and white light‐emitting diode), thereby efficiently converting the indoor lighting to electricity. Furthermore, because there exists a near‐infrared window—ranging from 650 to 1350 nm—in which photons can penetrate deeply into tissues, the absorption bands of these photovoltaic devices can be tailored specially to this therapeutic window to harvest tissue‐penetrating light, thereby wirelessly providing power to biomedical devices positioned beneath the skin. The rapid progress made in these two representative areas suggests further promising applications of such emerging photovoltaic devices. Emerging organic and organic/inorganic hybrid photovoltaic devices, including dye‐sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and perovskite solar cells, feature tunable band structures that can be modified through molecular designs and/or altering their compositions. The rapid progress of their use in two specialty areas—indoor light energy recycling and powering biomedical devices beneath the skin—is reviewed.
ISSN:2195-1071
2195-1071
DOI:10.1002/adom.201800662