Intensity-modulated scanning Kelvin probe microscopy for probing recombination in organic photovoltaics

G Shao, MS Glaz, F Ma, H Ju, DS Ginger - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
We study surface photovoltage decays on sub-millisecond time scales in organic solar cells
using intensity-modulated scanning Kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM). Using …

Single electron states in polyethylene

Y Wang, D MacKernan, D Cubero, DF Coker… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report computer simulations of an excess electron in various structural motifs of
polyethylene at room temperature, including lamellar and interfacial regions between …

Scanning Photocurrent Microscopy in Single Crystal Multidimensional Hybrid Lead Bromide Perovskites

E Segura-Sanchis, R García-Aboal, R Fenollosa… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
We investigated solution-grown single crystals of multidimensional 2D–3D hybrid lead
bromide perovskites using spatially resolved photocurrent and photoluminescence …

The excess electron at polyethylene interfaces

F Saiz, D Cubero, N Quirke - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
This work investigates the energy and spatial properties of excess electrons in polyethylene
in bulk phases and, for the first time, at amorphous vacuum interfaces using a …

Imaging charge transfer state excitations in polymer/fullerene solar cells with time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy

PA Cox, MS Glaz, JS Harrison… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate nanoscale imaging of charge transfer state photoexcitations in
polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells using time-resolved electrostatic force …

The excess electron in polymer nanocomposites

F Saiz, N Quirke - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We have used ab initio molecular dynamics and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations
at the B3LYP/6-31G** level of theory to evaluate the energy and localisation of excess …

Photophysics of organic photovoltaic devices: a review

C Zhang, R Liu, CH Mak, X Zou… - … of Photonics for …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The field of organic solar cells (OSCs) has developed rapidly over the last two decades, and
polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiencies of 13.1% have been reported. The …

Photoconductive NSOM for mapping optoelectronic phases in nanostructures

AJ Das, R Shivanna, KS Narayan - Nanophotonics, 2014 - degruyter.com
The advent of optically functional materials with low-intensive processing methods is
accompanied by a growing need for high resolution imaging to probe the inherent …

Observation of Charge Separation and Space‐Charge Region in Single‐Crystal P3HT/C60 Heterojunction Nanowires

KS Park, KS Lee, J Baek, L Lee, BH Son… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We directly observed charge separation and a space‐charge region in an organic single‐
crystal p–n heterojunction nanowire, by means of scanning photocurrent microscopy. The …

Long‐Range Charge Carrier Transport in Planar Polymer Bulk‐Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells

F AlTal, J Gao - physica status solidi (RRL)–Rapid Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
One‐dimensional scanning optical beam‐induced current (OBIC) measurements have been
carried out on polymer bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaic cells with a planar, or lateral …