Self-assembled monolayers for interfacial engineering in solution-processed thin-film electronic devices: design, fabrication, and applications

M Li, M Liu, F Qi, FR Lin, AKY Jen - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interfacial engineering has long been a vital means of improving thin-film device
performance, especially for organic electronics, perovskites, and hybrid devices. It greatly …

Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

Self-assembled monolayer enables hole transport layer-free organic solar cells with 18% efficiency and improved operational stability

Y Lin, Y Firdaus, FH Isikgor, MI Nugraha… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report on bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) based on the self-
assembled monolayer (SAM) 2PACz as a hole-selective interlayer functionalized directly …

18.9% Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on n‐Doped Bulk‐Heterojunction and Halogen‐Substituted Self‐Assembled Monolayers as Hole Extracting Interlayers

Y Lin, Y Zhang, J Zhang, M Marcinskas… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of halogen substitutions (F, Cl, Br, and I) on the energy levels of the self‐
assembled hole‐extracting molecule [2‐(9H‐Carbazol‐9‐yl) ethyl] phosphonic acid …

18.4% organic solar cells using a high ionization energy self‐assembled monolayer as hole‐extraction interlayer

Y Lin, A Magomedov, Y Firdaus, D Kaltsas… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) based on Br‐2PACz ([2‐(3, 6‐dibromo‐9H‐carbazol‐9‐
yl) ethyl] phosphonic acid) 2PACz ([2‐(9H‐Carbazol‐9‐yl) ethyl] phosphonic acid) and MeO …

Applications of self‐assembled monolayers for perovskite solar cells interface engineering to address efficiency and stability

F Ali, C Roldán‐Carmona, M Sohail… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Due to a certified 25.2% high efficiency, low cost, and easy fabrication; perovskite
solar cells (PSCs) are the focus of interest among the next‐generation photovoltaic …

Fill factor in organic solar cells

B Qi, J Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The fill factor (FF) is an important parameter that determines the power conversion efficiency
of an organic solar cell. There are several factors that can significantly influence FF, and …

An Efficiency of 16.46% and a T80 Lifetime of Over 4000 h for the PM6:Y6 Inverted Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Surface Acid Treatment of the Zinc Oxide Electron …

Y Han, H Dong, W Pan, B Liu, X Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For the inverted organic solar cells (OSCs), the interface contacts between the ZnO electron
transporting layer and the organic active layer play an important role in the device …

ZnO cathode buffer layers for inverted polymer solar cells

Z Liang, Q Zhang, L Jiang, G Cao - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This article provides an overview of the design, fabrication and characterization of the most
widely used cathode buffer layers (CBLs) constructed using pristine zinc oxide (ZnO), doped …

Inverted organic photovoltaic cells

K Wang, C Liu, T Meng, C Yi, X Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The advance in lifestyle, modern industrialization and future technological revolution are
always at high expense of energy consumption. Unfortunately, there exist serious issues …