Morphology control in organic solar cells

F Zhao, C Wang, X Zhan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) can directly convert the sunlight into electrical energy and
present some advantages, such as low cost, light weight, flexibility, semitransparency, and …

Stability of organic solar cells: challenges and strategies

P Cheng, X Zhan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) present some advantages, such as simple preparation, light
weight, low cost and large-area flexible fabrication, and have attracted much attention in …

The coupling and competition of crystallization and phase separation, correlating thermodynamics and kinetics in OPV morphology and performances

Z Wang, K Gao, Y Kan, M Zhang, C Qiu, L Zhu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The active layer morphology transition of organic photovoltaics under non-equilibrium
conditions are of vital importance in determining the device power conversion efficiency and …

Organic solar cell materials toward commercialization

R Xue, J Zhang, Y Li, Y Li - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs) have received considerable attention with
significant progress recently and offer a promising outlook for portable energy resources and …

On the glass transition of polymer semiconductors and its impact on polymer solar cell stability

C Müller - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
The glass transition temperature is a critical processing parameter that governs the kinetics
of molecular organization of polymer semiconductors during solidification. Yet, little attention …

Novel Diffusion‐Regulated Layering Methodology to Improve Blend Miscibility and Thermal Stability of Organic Photovoltaics

C Lee, HY Jo, M Nam, J Hong, GH Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive research on bulk‐heterojunction (BHJ) optimization has advanced organic
photovoltaics (OPVs). However, the need for research addressing the issue of …

Glass transition phenomenon for conjugated polymers

Z Qian, Z Cao, L Galuska, S Zhang… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugated polymers are emerging as promising building blocks for a broad range of
modern applications including skin‐like electronics, wearable optoelectronics, and sensory …

Comparison of the morphology development of polymer–fullerene and polymer–polymer solar cells during solution‐shearing blade coating

X Gu, H Yan, T Kurosawa, BC Schroeder… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the detailed morphology studies of polymer poly (3‐hexylthiophene‐2, 5‐
diyl)(P3HT): fullerene (PCBM) and polymer (P3HT): polymer naphthalene diimide thiophene …

Predicting the mechanical properties of organic semiconductors using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations

SE Root, S Savagatrup, CJ Pais, G Arya… - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
The ability to predict the mechanical properties of organic semiconductors is of critical
importance for roll-to-roll production and thermomechanical reliability of organic electronic …

Temperature-dependent spectroscopic ellipsometry of thin polymer films

B Hajduk, H Bednarski, B Trzebicka - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thin polymer films have found many important applications in organic electronics, such as
active layers, protective layers, or antistatic layers. Among the various experimental methods …