Understanding photogenerated charge separation on the nano-to micrometer scale is the
key to optimizing the photocatalytic solar energy conversion efficiency. In the past few years …

Organic materials have recently become of great interest for photovoltaic applications, due
to their potential to utilise high throughput, solution phase processing, which will lead to low …

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have become pivotal in achieving high-performance
perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and organic solar cells (OSCs) by significantly minimizing …

We demonstrate the type-II staggered band alignment in MoTe2/MoS2 van der Waals (vdW)
heterostructures and an interlayer optical transition at∼ 1.55 μm. The photoinduced charge …

The standard picture of photovoltaic conversion in all-organic bulk heterojunction solar cells
predicts that the initial excitation dissociates at the donor/acceptor interface after …

Phase junction is often recognized as an effective strategy to achieve efficient charge
separation in photocatalysis and photochemistry. As a crucial factor to determine the …

Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

Infrared light detection is generally limited by the intrinsic bandgap of semiconductors, which
suppresses the freedom in infrared light photodetector design and hinders the development …

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and their van der Waals
heterostructures have been experimentally and theoretically demonstrated as potential …

To increase efficiency of bulk heterojunctions for photovoltaic devices, the functional
morphology of active layers has to be understood, requiring visualization and discrimination …