Recent advances in morphology optimization for organic photovoltaics

H Lee, C Park, DH Sin, JH Park, K Cho - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics are an important part of a next‐generation energy‐harvesting
technology that uses a practically infinite pollutant‐free energy source. They have the …

Layer-by-layer fabrication of organic photovoltaic devices: material selection and processing conditions

MDM Faure, BH Lessard - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Layer-by-layer (LbL) processing, otherwise known as sequential deposition, is emerging as
the most promising strategy for fabrication of active layers in organic photovoltaic (OPV) …

Liquid crystals in photovoltaics: a new generation of organic photovoltaics

M Kumar, S Kumar - Polymer Journal, 2017 - nature.com
This article presents an overview of the developments in the field of organic photovoltaics
(PVs) with liquid crystals (LCs). A brief introduction to the PV and LC fields is given first …

ITO‐free and flexible organic photovoltaic device based on high transparent and conductive polyaniline/carbon nanotube thin films

RV Salvatierra, CE Cava, LS Roman… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis and characterization of thin films of polyaniline/carbon nanotubes
nanocomposites is reported, as well as their utilization as transparent electrodes in ITO‐free …

Layer‐by‐layer processed organic solar cells

Y Wang, X Zhan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Layer‐by‐layer (LL) processes, ie, sequential deposition of different active layers, are widely
used in the fabrication of organic solar cells (OSCs). Recently, LL vacuum deposition and LL …

Morphological study of P3HT: PCBM blend films prepared through solvent annealing for solar cell applications

FC Chen, CJ Ko, JL Wu, WC Chen - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2010 - Elsevier
We have systematically investigated the morphology of poly (3-hexylthiophene; P3HT) and
[6, 6]-phenyl C61-butyic acid methyl ester (PCBM) blend films prepared through a slow …

Near-infrared azadipyrromethenes as electron donor for efficient planar heterojunction organic solar cells

SY Leblebici, L Catane, DE Barclay… - … applied materials & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report the use of three solution processable azadipyrromethene (ADPM) based
compounds, ie, ADPM, B, F2-chelated ADPM (BF2-ADPM), and B, O-chelated ADPM (BO …

Investigating the morphology of polymer/fullerene layers coated using orthogonal solvents

CW Rochester, SA Mauger… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
P3HT/PCBM bilayer samples were fabricated by spin coating PCBM dissolved in CH2Cl2
onto P3HT films. Dissolution of the P3HT does not occur because CH2Cl2 is a nonsolvent …

Discerning Thermal Transition Behavior of Conjugated Polymers through In Situ Optical Characterization of Oriented Films

HM Schrickx, C Moore, AA Shafe… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The thermomechanical properties of conjugated polymers (CPs) play a crucial role in device
morphological, mechanical, and thermal stability and influence device processing …

Layer-by-layer processed high-performance polymer solar cells

H Li, J Wang - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Layer-by-layer (LL) process has great potential in achieving high-performance polymer solar
cells (PSCs) due to its advantage in realizing pin like structure. LL method is attracting more …