Editorial: Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaics

Improved Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaics via In Situ UV-Polymerization in Nanotube Arrays

Research Achievement Hybrid solar cells have been developed in the past decade as a promising alternative for traditional silicon-based solar cells. One approach for making inexpensive inorganic-organic hybrid photovoltaic (PV) cells is to fill nanostructured titania films with solid organic hole conductors such as conjugated polymers. These compounds can function as light-absorbing species and...

The identification and characterization of defect states in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite photovoltaics.

Thin film photovoltaic cells based on hybrid halide perovskite absorbers have emerged as promising candidates for next generation photovoltaics. Here, we have characterized and identified the defect energy distribution in the CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite using admittance spectroscopy, which reveals a deep defect state ∼0.16 eV above the valence band. According to theoretical calculations, the defect s...

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Organic/inorganic hybrid as anticratering agent in cathodicelectrocoating

An improved aqueous electrocoating composition containing an anticrater additive which is a reaction product of silane component based on glycidoxy propyl tri methoxysilane and poly oxy propylene diamine. Materials were studied by infrared spectroscopy and particle size analyzer. Crater number of electrocoated sample was evaluated by GM9532p standard. The final electrocoat contains anticrater a...

Molecular design of hybrid organic-inorganic materials

Hybrid organic-inorganic materials offer a wide range of interesting applications especially in optics. Chemistry plays a major role in the elaboration and comprehension of such materials. Sol-gel process provide a method to blend, down to the molecular scale, organic and inorganic components. Examples of hybrid organic-inorganic materials for optics and optical characterizations of hybrid mate...