Trap suppression in ordered organic photovoltaic heterojunctions

D He, Y Li, F Zhao, Y Lin - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The high trap density (generally 1016–1018 cm− 3) in organic solar cells (OSCs) brings
about the localization of charge carriers and reduced charge carrier lifetime, mainly due to …

Oxygen‐ and Water‐Based Degradation in [6,6]‐Phenyl‐C61‐Butyric Acid Methyl Ester (PCBM) Films

Q Bao, X Liu, S Braun… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductors (OSCs), ie, π-conjugated small molecules and polymers, exhibit
optical and electronic properties suitable for applications in transistors, light emitting diodes …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of charge transport activation energy and injection barrier in organic semiconductor devices

S Züfle, S Altazin, A Hofmann, L Jäger… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Charge carrier transport in organic semiconductor devices is thermally activated with
characteristic activation energies in the range of 0.2–0.6 eV, leading to strongly temperature …

Revealing the negative capacitance effect in silicon quantum dot light-emitting diodes via temperature-dependent capacitance-voltage characterization

J Mock, M Kallergi, E Groß, M Golibrzuch… - IEEE Photonics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, quantum dot light-emitting diodes based on non-toxic silicon quantum dots
functionalized with hexyl and dodecyl organic ligands showed a negative capacitance effect …

Essential relation of spin states, trap states and photo-induced polarization for efficient charge dissociation in a polymer-nonfullerene based organic photovoltaic …

C Zhang, K Wang, F Zhao, R Pan, J Zhang, H Yu, J Li - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Organic nonfullerene acceptors (NFA) have received tremendous research interests due to
the efficient interfacial charge transfer (CT) when they combine with polymeric donors. It is of …

Analytical model for photocurrent in organic solar cells as a function of the charge-transport figure of merit including second-order recombination

DRB Amorim, DJ Coutinho, PB Miranda, RM Faria - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
We develop an analytical model for the photocurrent of organic solar cells based on carrier
drift and including second-order charge recombination, in which the figure of merit θ o …

Investigation of the light-soaking effect in organic solar cells using dielectric permittivity and electric modulus approaches

J Symonowicz, M Morawski, M Dusza, P Peksa… - Organic …, 2018 - Elsevier
We demonstrate the influence of a light-soaking treatment on current-voltage characteristics,
external quantum efficiency and dielectric response of an encapsulated P3HT: PCBM bulk …

Mapping nanoscale variations in photochemical damage of polymer/fullerene solar cells with dissipation imaging

PA Cox, DA Waldow, TJ Dupper, S Jesse, DS Ginger - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
We use frequency-modulated electrostatic force microscopy to track changes in cantilever
quality factor (Q) as a function of photochemical damage in a model organic photovoltaic …

Simultaneous Study of Exciton Diffusion/Dissociation and Charge Transport in a Donor‐Acceptor Bilayer: Pentacene on a C60‐terminated Self‐Assembled …

B Park, SE Cho, Y Kim, WJ Lee, NH You, I In… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the relatively low power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices
compared with their inorganic counterparts, OPVs have been widely studied because of …

Secondary electron spectra of semi-crystalline polymers–A novel polymer characterisation tool?

M Dapor, RC Masters, I Ross, DG Lidzey… - Journal of Electron …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nano-scale dispersion of ordered/disordered phases in semi-crystalline polymers can
strongly influence their performance eg in terms of mechanical properties and/or electronic …