Grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering: challenges and possibilities

P Müller-Buschbaum - Polymer journal, 2013 - nature.com
The enhancement of surface sensitivity by grazing incidence geometry facilitates the
investigation of nanostructures in thin films and at surfaces. The technique provides …

Organic photovoltaics: principles and techniques for nanometre scale characterization

PG Nicholson, FA Castro - Nanotechnology, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The photoconversion efficiency of state-of-the-art organic solar cells has experienced a
remarkable increase in the last few years, with reported certified efficiency values of up to …

Interface investigation and engineering–achieving high performance polymer photovoltaic devices

LM Chen, Z Xu, Z Hong, Y Yang - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The contact between the polymer active layer and the electrode is one the most critical
interfaces in polymer solar cells. In this article, we report the progress of interface …

Poly (3‐hexylthiophene) nanorods with aligned chain orientation for organic photovoltaics

JS Kim, Y Park, DY Lee, JH Lee, JH Park… - Advanced Functional …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A structured polymer solar cell architecture featuring a large interface between donor and
acceptor with connecting paths to the respective electrodes is explored. To this end, poly‐(3 …

Improvement in the hole collection of polymer solar cells by utilizing gold nanoparticle buffer layer

SW Tong, CF Zhang, CY Jiang, G Liu, QD Ling… - Chemical Physics …, 2008 - Elsevier
Insertion of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) layer between the indium tin oxide (ITO) and the
photoactive polymer by simple spin-coating method is found to improve the photovoltaic …

An in-depth analysis of the modelling of organic solar cells using multiple-diode circuits

F De Castro, A Laudani, FR Fulginei, A Salvini - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, an in-depth analysis of the current–voltage characteristics of organic solar cells
is performed by introducing a new one-equation model based on a generalised equivalent …

All-solution based device engineering of multilayer polymeric photodiodes: Minimizing dark current

PE Keivanidis, SH Khong, PKH Ho… - Applied Physics …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We present photodiodes fabricated with several layers of semiconducting polymers,
designed to show low dark current under reverse bias operation. Dark current minimization …

Highly oriented and nanotextured films of regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophene) grown by epitaxy on the nanostructured surface of an aromatic substrate

M Brinkmann, C Contal, N Kayunkid, T Djuric… - …, 2010 - ACS Publications
A simple method for the nanotexturing and orientation of regioregular poly (3-
hexylthiophene)(P3HT) thin films has been developed. Epitaxial growth of P3HT on the …

Origin of the Kink in Current-Density Versus Voltage Curves and Efficiency Enhancement of Polymer-C Heterojunction Solar Cells

FA de Castro, J Heier, F Nüesch… - IEEE journal of selected …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current-voltage (JV) curves of photovoltaic devices can reveal important microscopic
phenomena when parameterization is properly related to physical processes. Here, we …

Poly (3-hexylthiophene)/C60 heterojunction solar cells: implication of morphology on performance and ambipolar charge collection

A Geiser, B Fan, H Benmansour, F Castro… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2008 - Elsevier
The performance of heterojunction organic solar cells is critically dependent on the
morphology of the donor and acceptor components in the active film. We report results of …