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Research & Reviews: Journal of Material Sciences | ISSN: 2321-6212 | Volume 6
Theoretical, Materials and Condensed Matter Physics
5th International Conference on
November 26-28, 2018 | Los Angeles, USA
High-efficiency organic photovoltaics: Current and beyond
Sheng-Yung Chang and Yang Yang
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) has become a promising alternative energy due to the light-weight property and environmental
friendliness. In the past 20 years, its stabilized power conversion efficiency increases from less than 1% to higher
than 10%, which is a remarkable accomplishment. The fundamental science inside the OPV device is thus an interesting
and meaningful topic. To incorporate more innovative ideas to this growing field, the history of OPV development and the
design strategies for improving the efficiency will be introduced in the first part of this topic. We are also going to present
the works of the most updated world record-breaking OPV, which are designed by the UCLA team and certified by National
Renewable Energy Laboratory. In the second part, we like to discuss the new and thriving trend for organic photovoltaics: high
performance transparent organic PV (TOPV). Transparent photovoltaics, including building-integrated PV and agriculture-
integrated PV, are recently receiving more attention due to their unique potential in future applications beyond just harvesting
solar energy. TOPV, which is a branch of transparent PV, has several intrinsic superior physical and chemical properties for
achieving transparency and further application. In order to stimulate more creative thinking in the transparency module and
its application, our new works and discussion of advanced TOPV will be presented.
Biography
Sheng-Yung Chang is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA. His research interest focuses on organic
electronics, including organic photovoltaics, light emitting diode, and sensor. He has been awarded the MOE Technologies Incubation Scholarship for 3 years and
Enli-Tech Scholarship for 1 year for his excellent research performance. He has published more than 15 papers as first author or co-author in SCI journals as of
November 2018.
Sheng-Yung Chang et al., Res. Rev. J Mat. Sci. 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2321-6212-C10-041