WOLEDs and Organic Photovoltaics

Recent Advances and Applications

Vivian W. W. Yam (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

VII, 240 Seiten

2010 | 2010
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-14934-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A major global issue that the world is facing today is the upcoming depletion of fossil fuels and the energy crisis. In 1998, the global annual energy consumption was 12. 7 TW; of which 80% was generated from fossil fuels. This also translates into huge annual emissions of CO that leads to massive environmental problems, 2 particularly the global warming, which could be disastrous. Future global annual energy needs are also estimated to rise dramatically. A major challenge confronting the world is to ?nd an additional 14-20 TW by 2050 when our energy reserves based on fossil fuels are vanishing. The massive demand for energy would require materials and/or processes that would help to provide new sources of clean ren- able energy or to develop processes that would harvest energy or to better utilize energy in an ef?cient manner. The present monograph, WOLEDs and Organic Photovoltaics - Recent Advances and Applications, focuses on a very important and timely subject of topical interest that deals with the more ef?cient use of energy through white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) for solid-state lighting and the development of clean sources of renewable energy through the harvesting of light energy for conversion into electrical energy in organic photovoltaics. While LED solid-state lighting and photovoltaics have been dominated by inorganic semiconductor materials and silicon-based solar cells, there have been growing interests in the development of WOLEDs and organic photovoltaics.

Inhalt

Overview and Highlights of WOLEDs and Organic Solar Cells: From Research to Applications.- White-Emitting Polymers and Devices.- Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Complexes for White Organic Light-Emitting Diode Applications.- Solid-State Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells Based on Cationic Transition Metal Complexes for White Light Generation.- Horizontal Molecular Orientation in Vacuum-Deposited Organic Amorphous Films.- Recent Advances in Sensitized Solar Cells.- Implications of Interfacial Electronics to Performance of Organic Photovoltaic Devices.- Improving Polymer Solar Cell Through Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.11.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Green Energy and Technology
• Zusatzinfo: VII, 240 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 583 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• Schlagworte: devices • Electronics • Energy harvesting • Material • OLED • Organic Amorphous Films • Organic Photovoltaics • Photovoltaics • Polymers • renewable energy • Solar cell • Solar cells • Solar energy • WOLED
• ISBN-10: 3-642-14934-0 / 3642149340
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-14934-4 / 9783642149344
• Zustand: Neuware