TY - CHAP AU - Varuni Dantanarayana AU - David M. Huang AU - Jennifer A. Staton AU - Adam J. Moulé AU - Roland Faller ED - Vasilis Fthenakis Y1 - 2012-03-16 PY - 2012 T1 - Multi-Scale Modeling of Bulk Heterojunctions for Organic Photovoltaic Applications N2 - Photovoltaics have started replacing fossil fuels as major energy generation roadmaps, targeting higher efficiencies and/or lower costs are aggressively pursued to bring PV to cost parity with grid electricity. Third generation PV technologies may overcome the fundamental limitations of photon to electron conversion in single-junction devices and, thus, improve both their efficiency and cost. This book presents notable advances in these technologies, namely organic cells and nanostructures, dye-sensitized cells and multijunction III/V cells. The following topics are addressed: Solar spectrum conversion for photovoltaics using nanoparticles; multiscale modeling of heterojunctions in organic PV; technologies and manufacturing of OPV; life cycle assessment of OPV; new materials and architectures for dye-sensitized solar cells; advances of concentrating PV; modeling doped III/V alloys; polymeric films for lowering the cost of PV, and field performance factors. A panel of acclaimed PV professionals contributed these topics, compiling the state of knowledge for advancing this new generation of PV. BT - Third Generation Photovoltaics SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/26068 DO - 10.5772/26068 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -