Organic Solar Cells

Qiquan Qiao is associate professor of electrical engineering at South Dakota State University (SDSU), Brookings, USA. Widely published and highly decorated, Dr. Qiao has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals and received the 2014 F O Butler Award for Excellence in Research at SDSU, 2012 3M Faculty Award and the College of Engineering Young Investigator Award, 2010 US NSF CAREER, 2009 Bergmann Memorial Award from the US–Israel Bi-National Science Foundation, 2006 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Solar Energy Division Graduate Student Research Award, and 2006 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad.

• Conjugated Polymers as Electron Donors in Organic Solar Cells. Donor and Acceptor Functionalized Silsesquioxane Nanostructures for Organic-Based Photovoltaic Devices. Next-Generation Transparent Electrode Materials for Organic Solar Cells. Relating Synthesis Parameters to the Morphology of the Photoactive Layer in Organic Photovoltaic Solar Cells Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Insights Obtained from Modeling of Organic Photovoltaics: Morphology, Interfaces, and Coupling with Charge Transport. Photoexcited Carrier Dynamics in Organic Solar Cells. Defect States in Organic Photovoltaic Materials, Thin Films, and Devices. Interfacial Materials toward Efficiency Enhancement of Polymer Solar Cells. Nanophase Separation in Organic Solar Cells. Engineering of Active Layer Nanomorphology via Fullerene Ratios and Solvent Additives for Improved Charge Transport in Polymer Solar Cells. Inorganic–Organic Nanocomposites and Their Assemblies for Solar Energy Conversion. Organic Tandem Solar Cells. Graphene-Based Polymer and Organic Solar Cells.

"This book provides the reader [with] comprehensive knowledge of organic solar cell technology ranging from materials, modeling, interfaces to devices. With this book available, the readers can have a broad understanding on the most recent and frontier development of organic solar cells that other books have not offered so far."—Professor Dr. Linbao Luo, Director of Laboratory of Micro/Nano Functional Materials and Devices, School of Electronic Science and Applied Physics, Hefei University of Technology, China"… provides knowledge of the most recently developed materials, devices, and systems not covered in previously published books."—Muhammad Hassan Sayyad, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan