The energy level conundrum of organic semiconductors in solar cells

J Bertrandie, J Han, CSP De Castro… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The frontier molecular energy levels of organic semiconductors are decisive for their
fundamental function and efficiency in optoelectronics. However, the precise determination …

Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

H Tsai, R Asadpour, JC Blancon, CC Stoumpos… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Light-induced structural dynamics plays a vital role in the physical properties, device
performance, and stability of hybrid perovskite–based optoelectronic devices. We report that …

Molecular hexafluorides

K Seppelt - Chemical Reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
There exist 16 well-defined molecular hexafluorides. Only a small number of yet unknown or
ill-defined ones remain to be isolated. The first one to be generated has certainly been SF6 …

High-efficiency solution-processed perovskite solar cells with millimeter-scale grains

W Nie, H Tsai, R Asadpour, JC Blancon, AJ Neukirch… - Science, 2015 - science.org
State-of-the-art photovoltaics use high-purity, large-area, wafer-scale single-crystalline
semiconductors grown by sophisticated, high-temperature crystal growth processes. We …

[HTML][HTML] High-efficiency polymer solar cells with small photon energy loss

K Kawashima, Y Tamai, H Ohkita, I Osaka… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
A crucial issue facing polymer-based solar cells is how to manage the energetics of the
polymer/fullerene blends to maximize short-circuit current density and open-circuit voltage at …

Progress and development in structural and optoelectronic tunability of supramolecular nonbonded fullerene assemblies

S Das, M Presselt - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Assembly of fullerenes utilizing self-organization at solvent/non-solvent interfaces or by
introducing hydrophobic (philic) end-groups have yielded diverse molecularly-ordered …

[HTML][HTML] Tin perovskite/fullerene planar layer photovoltaics: improving the efficiency and stability of lead-free devices

KP Marshall, RI Walton, RA Hatton - Journal of materials chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the first demonstration of orthorhombic CsSnI3 films prepared from solution at
room temperature that have defect densities low enough for use as the light harvesting …

Ionization energies, electron affinities, and polarization energies of organic molecular crystals: quantitative estimations from a polarizable continuum model (PCM) …

H Sun, S Ryno, C Zhong, MK Ravva… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We propose a new methodology for the first-principles description of the electronic
properties relevant for charge transport in organic molecular crystals. This methodology …

Effect of systematically tuning conjugated donor polymer lowest unoccupied molecular orbital levels via cyano substitution on organic photovoltaic device performance

A Casey, SD Dimitrov, P Shakya-Tuladhar… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report a systematic study into the effects of cyano substitution on the electron accepting
ability of the common acceptor 4, 7-bis (thiophen-2-yl)-2, 1, 3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT). We …

[HTML][HTML] Noise and detectivity limits in organic shortwave infrared photodiodes with low disorder

Z Wu, N Li, N Eedugurala, JD Azoulay, DS Leem… - npj Flexible …, 2020 - nature.com
To achieve high detectivity in infrared detectors, it is critical to reduce the device noise.
However, for non-crystalline semiconductors, an essential framework is missing to …