Nanoscale structure measurements for polymer-fullerene photovoltaics

DM DeLongchamp, RJ Kline, A Herzing - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers methods to measure key aspects of nanoscale structure in organic
photovoltaic devices based on polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunctions. The importance of …

Optimized fibril network morphology by precise side‐chain engineering to achieve high‐performance bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells

T Liu, L Huo, S Chandrabose, K Chen… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A polymer fibril assembly can dictate the morphology framework, in forming a network
structure, which is highly advantageous in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells …

Determining the optimum morphology in high-performance polymer-fullerene organic photovoltaic cells

GJ Hedley, AJ Ward, A Alekseev, CT Howells… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The morphology of bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells controls many of the
performance characteristics of devices. However, measuring this morphology is challenging …

Functional scanning force microscopy for energy nanodevices

X Chen, J Lai, Y Shen, Q Chen, L Chen - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Energy nanodevices, including energy conversion and energy storage devices, have
become a major cross‐disciplinary field in recent years. These devices feature long‐range …

Advances in atomic force microscopy for probing polymer structure and properties

D Wang, TP Russell - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

Competitive absorption and inefficient exciton harvesting: lessons learned from bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics utilizing the polymer acceptor P (NDI2OD‐T2 …

Z Li, JDA Lin, H Phan, A Sharenko… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells utilizing the small molecule donor 7, 7′‐(4, 4‐bis (2‐ethylhexyl)‐4H‐
silolo [3, 2‐b: 4, 5‐b′] dithiophene‐2, 6‐diyl) bis (6‐fluoro‐4‐(5′‐hexyl‐[2, 2′‐bithiophen] …

Imaging energy harvesting and storage systems at the nanoscale

EM Tennyson, C Gong, MS Leite - ACS Energy Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Our scientific understanding of the nanoscale world is continuously growing ever since
atomic force microscopy (AFM) has enabled us to “see” materials at this length scale …

Simultaneous topographical, electrical and optical microscopy of optoelectronic devices at the nanoscale

N Kumar, A Zoladek-Lemanczyk, AAY Guilbert, W Su… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel optoelectronic devices rely on complex nanomaterial systems where the nanoscale
morphology and local chemical composition are critical to performance. However, the lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Electrical characterization of organic solar cell materials based on scanning force microscopy

R Berger, AL Domanski, SAL Weber - European Polymer Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
The application of electrical modes in scanning probe microscopy helps to understand the
electrical function of materials that are structured on the nanometer scale. Scanning force …

Understanding TiO (2) size-dependent electron transport properties of a graphene-TiO (2) photoanode in dye-sensitized solar cells using conducting atomic force …

Z He, H Phan, J Liu, TQ Nguyen… - … Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Conducting AFM reveals a continuous conduction network of a TiO2-graphene composite in
DSSC due to a more intimate contact between the smaller sized TiO2-graphene composite …