Thin-film metal oxides in organic semiconductor devices: their electronic structures, work functions and interfaces

MT Greiner, ZH Lu - NPG Asia Materials, 2013 - nature.com
Thin-film metal oxides are among the key materials used in organic semiconductor devices.
As there are no intrinsic charge carriers in a typical organic semiconductor, all charges in the …

Diverse applications of MoO 3 for high performance organic photovoltaics: fundamentals, processes and optimization strategies

Y Gong, Y Dong, B Zhao, R Yu, S Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient and stable interface materials is an important part of the
research in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), which aims to realize higher efficiency, longer …

Coordination polymer structure and revisited hydrogen evolution catalytic mechanism for amorphous molybdenum sulfide

PD Tran, TV Tran, M Orio, S Torelli, QD Truong… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Molybdenum sulfides are very attractive noble-metal-free electrocatalysts for the hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER) from water. The atomic structure and identity of the catalytically …

Transition metal oxide work functions: the influence of cation oxidation state and oxygen vacancies

MT Greiner, L Chai, MG Helander… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal oxides are capable of a wide range of work functions. This quality allows
them to be used in many applications that involve charge transfer with adsorbed molecules …

The influence of hydrogenation and oxygen vacancies on molybdenum oxides work function and gap states for application in organic optoelectronics

M Vasilopoulou, AM Douvas… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Molybdenum oxide is used as a low-resistance anode interfacial layer in applications such
as organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaics. However, little is known about the …

A van der Waals Density Functional Study of MoO3 and Its Oxygen Vacancies

K Inzani, T Grande, F Vullum-Bruer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The electronic structure of layered molybdenum trioxide MoO3 is highly sensitive to changes
in oxygen stoichiometry as Mo6+ has an empty 4d shell. Applications of MoO3 are …

Metal oxide semiconducting interfacial layers for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications

NK Elumalai, C Vijila, R Jose, A Uddin… - Materials for renewable …, 2015 - Springer
The present review rationalizes the significance of the metal oxide semiconductor (MOS)
interfaces in the field of photovoltaics and photocatalysis. This perspective considers the role …

Efficient and stable operation of nonfullerene organic solar cells: retaining a high built-in potential

Y Wang, J Han, L Cai, N Li, Z Li, F Zhu - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This work reports our research efforts to improve the operational stability of nonfullerene
organic solar cells (OSCs) by retaining a stable and high built-in potential across the bulk …

Structural, morphological, gas sensing and photocatalytic characterization of MoO3 and WO3 thin films prepared by the thermal vacuum evaporation technique

A Arfaoui, S Touihri, A Mhamdi, A Labidi… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thin films of molybdenum trioxide and tungsten trioxide were deposited on glass substrates
using a simplified thermal evaporation under vacuum method monitored by heat treatment in …

Systematic investigation on stability influence factors for organic solar cells

C Yang, S Zhan, Q Li, Y Wu, X Jia, C Li, K Liu, S Qu… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Degradation of organic solar cells has always hindered the commercialization of organic
solar cells (OSCs). In this paper, we fabricate OSCs with a power conversion efficiency …