In the field of photovoltaics (PV), an important trend is to increase aesthetic and creative design aspects solar cells towards more attractive customized devices for integration in instance architecture, e.g. building integrated (BIPV). Here we introduce concept “photovoltaic photographs”, defined as semi-transparent (STSC) that are treated with a light-induced process integrate image photoact...

This article presents an in-depth insight into the most efficient cathode buffer layers (CBLs) in conventional and inverted organic solar cells (OSCs). The CBL can play a critical role improving short circuit current density (Jsc) fill factor (FF) of devices by minimizing contact resistance reducing charge recombination at electrode/photoactive layer interface, resulting extraction carriers the...

The emergent photoactive materials through photochemistry make it possible to directly convert photon energy mechanical work. There is much recent work in developing appropriate and a promising new system semi-crystalline polymers of the molecule azobenzene. We develop phase field model with two order parameters for crystal-melt transition trans-cis photo-isomerization understand such materials...