Code
179I05A8
Duration
01 January 2008 → 31 December 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Applied mathematics in specific fields
- Condensed matter physics and nanophysics
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Engineering and technology
- Nanotechnology
- Design theories and methods
- Materials science and engineering
Keywords
solar cells
polymer
modeling
organic
Project description
Aim: Increasing the energy conversion effciency of organic nanostructured bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices, improving the stability of their nanomorphology. Methods: organic multijunction approaches, introduction of metallic nanopartikels or nanoshells for light-scattering and plasmonic effects. The tasks of UGent is modelling: guidelines for nanoparticle size, geometry, coverage, passivation and functionalization device modelling of organic polymer cell structures, single and multi-junction.