Understanding, quantifying, and controlling the molecular ordering of semiconducting polymers: from novices to experts and amorphous to perfect crystals

Z Peng, L Ye, H Ade - Materials Horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular packing and texture of semiconducting polymers are often critical to the
performance of devices using these materials. Although frameworks exist to quantify the …

Green solvents, materials, and lead-free semiconductors for sustainable fabrication of perovskite solar cells

SK Podapangi, F Jafarzadeh, S Mattiello… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Perovskite materials research has received unprecedented recognition due to its
applications in photovoltaics, LEDs, and other large area low-cost electronics. The …

High‐efficiency perovskite solar cell based on poly (3‐hexylthiophene): influence of molecular weight and mesoscopic scaffold layer

NY Nia, F Matteocci, L Cina, A Di Carlo - ChemSusChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we investigated the effect of the molecular weight (MW) of poly 3‐hexylthiophene
(P3HT) hole‐transport material on the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We …

Measuring the degree of crystallinity in semicrystalline regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophene)

X Shen, W Hu, TP Russell - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
By using a combination of wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), mass density, and 13C solid-
state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements, a quantification of the absolute …

Thermal and Structural Characteristics of Oligo(3-hexylthiophene)s (3HT)n, n = 4–36

FPV Koch, M Heeney, P Smith - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
This study is concerned with the thermal and structural characteristics of a series of precisely
defined, monodisperse, regioregular oligo (3-hexylthiophene) s (3HT) n of n= 4–36. We find …

Quantifying crystallinity in high molar mass poly (3-hexylthiophene)

CR Snyder, RC Nieuwendaal… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate a method to determine absolute crystallinity in high molar mass poly (3-
hexylthiophene)(P3HT), as used in commercially relevant organic photovoltaic devices …

Charge carrier transport and photogeneration in P3HT: PCBM photovoltaic blends

F Laquai, D Andrienko, R Mauer… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews the charge transport and photogeneration in bulk‐heterojunction solar
cells made from blend films of regioregular poly (3‐hexylthiophene)(RR‐P3HT) and …

Gold nanorods with conjugated polymer ligands: sintering-free conductive inks for printed electronics

B Reiser, L Gonzalez-Garcia, I Kanelidis… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-based nanoparticle inks for printed electronics usually require sintering to improve the
poor electron transport at particle–particle interfaces. The ligands required for colloidal …

Morphology and charge transport in P3HT: a theorist's perspective

C Poelking, K Daoulas, A Troisi… - P3HT Revisited–From …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) is the fruit fly among polymeric organic
semiconductors. It has complex self-assembling and electronic properties and yet lacks the …

On the thermal conductivity of conjugated polymers for thermoelectrics

X Rodríguez‐Martínez, F Saiz, B Dörling… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The thermal conductivity (κ) governs how heat propagates in a material, and thus is a key
parameter that constrains the lifetime of optoelectronic devices and the performance of …