Inorganic–organic interfaces in hybrid solar cells

J Niederhausen, KA Mazzio… - Electronic …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we present important concepts to describe inorganic–organic interfaces in
hybrid solar cells. We discuss the formation of hybrid interfaces, provide an introduction to …

Binding and electronic level alignment of π-conjugated systems on metals

A Franco-Cañellas, S Duhm, A Gerlach… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the binding and energy level alignment of π-conjugated systems on metals, a
field which during the last two decades has seen tremendous progress both in terms of …

Reduction of the work function of gold by N-heterocyclic carbenes

HK Kim, AS Hyla, P Winget, H Li, CM Wyss… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) bind strongly to gold and other metals. This work
experimentally probes the effect of NHCs on the work function (WF) of gold for the first time …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities for energy level tuning at inorganic/organic semiconductor interfaces

N Koch - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The aim of this Perspective is to provide an overview of approaches that can be employed to
tune the energy level alignment at interfaces between inorganic and organic …

Spectral Signatures of a Negative Polaron in a Doped Polymer Semiconductor: Energy Levels and Hubbard U Interactions

D Lungwitz, S Joy, AE Mansour, A Opitz… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The modern picture of negative charge carriers on conjugated polymers invokes the
formation of a singly occupied (spin-up/spin-down) level within the polymer gap and a …

Insights into the influence of work functions of cathodes on efficiencies of perovskite solar cells

S Yue, S Lu, K Ren, K Liu, M Azam, D Cao, Z Wang… - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Though various efforts on modification of electrodes are still undertaken to improve the
efficiency of perovskite solar cells, attributing to the large scope of these methods, it is of …

Energy-level alignment tuning at tetracene/c-Si interfaces

J Niederhausen, RW MacQueen… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The rational combination of tetracene (Tc) with crystalline silicon (c-Si) could greatly
enhance c-Si solar cell efficiencies via singlet fission. The Tc/c-Si energy-level alignment …

Bilayer formation vs molecular exchange in organic heterostructures: strong impact of subtle changes in molecular structure

Q Wang, A Franco-Cañellas, P Ji… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Organic heterostructures are a central part of a manifold of (opto) electronic devices and
serve a variety of functions. Particularly, molecular monolayers on metal electrodes are of …

Solution-Processed Doping of Trilayer WSe2 with Redox-Active Molecules

MY Tsai, S Zhang, PM Campbell, RR Dasari… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The development of processes to controllably dope two-dimensional semiconductors is
critical to achieving next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices. In this study, n …

Molecular dopants: Tools to control the electronic structure of metal halide perovskite interfaces

F Zhang, HL Smith, A Kahn - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In the standard configurations of metal halide perovskite solar cell, the active layer, or
absorber, follows a pin or nip electronic structure that is designed to enhance the separation …