A mini review on the development of conjugated polymers: Steps towards the commercialization of organic solar cells

AGS Al-Azzawi, SB Aziz, EMA Dannoun, A Iraqi… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review article covers the synthesis and design of conjugated polymers for carefully
adjusting energy levels and energy band gap (EBG) to achieve the desired photovoltaic …

A review on materials and technologies for organic large‐area electronics

CS Buga, JC Viana - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
New and innovative applications in the field of electronics are rapidly emerging. Such
applications often require flexible or stretchable substrates, lightweight and transparent …

Identifying structure–absorption relationships and predicting absorption strength of non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

J Yan, X Rodríguez-Martínez, D Pearce… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are excellent light harvesters, yet the origin of their high
optical extinction is not well understood. In this work, we investigate the absorption strength …

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 …

Unravelling donor–acceptor film morphology formation for environmentally-friendly OPV ink formulations

NP Holmes, H Munday, MG Barr, L Thomsen… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The challenge of coating organic photovoltaics (OPV) from green solvents is to achieve the
required nanostructured interpenetrating network of donor and acceptor domains based on …

An economic LED solar simulator design

AY Al-Ahmad, D Clark, JL Holdsworth… - IEEE journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The optical design, fabrication, and evaluation of a low-cost solar simulator for photovoltaic
device testing are presented in this article. Ten different high-power light-emitting diodes …

Modular LED arrays for large area solar simulation

AY Al‐Ahmad, J Holdsworth, B Vaughan… - Progress in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A modular array of light emitting diodes of six different wavelengths is modelled and
experimentally tested to provide Class AAA solar simulator illumination over an area of 20 …

The Role of the Electron Transport Layer in the Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells

A Al-Ahmad, B Vaughan, J Holdsworth, W Belcher… - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The performance of the electron transport layer (ETL) plays a critical role in extending the
operational lifespan of organic photovoltaic devices. ZnO is an excellent electron transport …

The origin of performance limitations in miniemulsion nanoparticulate organic photovoltaic devices

MF Al-Mudhaffer, MJ Griffith, K Feron… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanoparticulate organic films are an attractive area of organic photovoltaic (OPV) research
given their potential for controlling active layer morphology on the nanoscale. However, the …

Organic and hybrid organic-inorganic flexible optoelectronics: Recent advances and perspectives

X Xu, L Sun, K Shen, S Zhang - Synthetic Metals, 2019 - Elsevier
Extensive research in flexible optoelectronics, based on organic and organic-inorganic
materials, has proven a leading topic because of their superior advantages in solution …