Stability of organic solar cells: The influence of nanostructured carbon materials

I Fraga Domínguez, A Distler… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are lightweight, have adaptable colors, and can be produced in
low‐cost procedures on transparent and flexible surfaces. This makes them attractive for …

Insights into Fullerene Passivation of SnO2 Electron Transport Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells

J Wang, K Datta, CHL Weijtens… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Interfaces between the photoactive and charge transport layers are crucial for the
performance of perovskite solar cells. Surface passivation of SnO2 as electron transport …

A comprehensive nano-interpenetrating semiconducting photoresist toward all-photolithography organic electronics

R Chen, X Wang, X Li, H Wang, M He, L Yang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Owing to high resolution, reliability, and industrial compatibility, all-photolithography is a
promising strategy for industrial manufacture of organic electronics. However, it receives …

Morphological Stability and Performance of Polymer–Fullerene Solar Cells under Thermal Stress: The Impact of Photoinduced PC60BM Oligomerization

HC Wong, Z Li, CH Tan, H Zhong, Z Huang… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report a general light processing strategy for organic solar cells (OSC) that exploits the
propensity of the fullerene derivative PC60BM to photo-oligomerize, which is capable of …

Performance enhancement of fullerene-based solar cells by light processing

Z Li, HC Wong, Z Huang, H Zhong, CH Tan… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
A key challenge to the commercialization of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells is the
achievement of morphological stability, particularly under thermal stress conditions. Here we …

Stability of polymer: PCBM thin films under competitive illumination and thermal stress

S Pont, F Foglia, AM Higgins… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The combined effects of illumination and thermal annealing on the morphological stability
and photodimerization in polymer/fullerene thin films are examined. While illumination is …

Photochemical transformations in fullerene and molybdenum oxide affect the stability of bilayer organic solar cells

H Zhang, A Borgschulte, FA Castro… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thin films of fullerene C60 and molybdenum oxide (MoO3) are ubiquitously used as the
electron acceptor material and hole extraction interfacial layer for the fabrication of organic …

Identifying the Nature and Location of Defects in n–i–p Perovskite Cells with Highly Sensitive Sub‐Bandgap Photocurrent Spectroscopy

BT van Gorkom, SHW Fun, TPA van der Pol… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Defects that exist in perovskite semiconductors and at their interfaces with charge transport
layers limit the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Highly sensitive photocurrent …

Mesostructured fullerene electrodes for highly efficient n–i–p perovskite solar cells

Y Zhong, R Munir, AH Balawi, AD Sheikh, L Yu… - ACS Energy …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Electron-transporting layers in today's state-of-the-art n–i–p organohalide perovskite solar
cells are almost exclusively made of metal oxides. Here, we demonstrate a novel …

Photochemical transformation of fullerenes

J Wang, J Enevold, L Edman - Advanced Functional Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental findings and associated theoretical insights regarding the photochemical
transformation of fullerenes are reported, which challenge the conventional wisdom in the …