Unambiguous Measurement of Local Hole Current in Organic Semiconductors Using Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy

PS Fernando, JM Mativetsky - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) is a widely used tool for studying the charge
transport properties of organic semiconductor films with nanoscale resolution. Local hole …

Remarkable Electrical Connectivity in the Acceptor Phase of Y6-and Fullerene-Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

PS Fernando, JM Mativetsky - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular orientation and stacking motif have a major impact on charge transport within bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cell active layers. Unlike typical core π-stacking organic …

Role of Second Polymer Donor in Polymer–Fullerene Ternary Blend Solar Cells Evaluated by Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscopy

C Mani-Lata, T Kawanishi, H Benten… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The introduction of a third component to a donor–acceptor blend binary device can boost the
performance of organic solar cells. This study investigated the role of a second polymer …

Control of the metal/WS 2 contact properties using 2-dimensional buffer layers

K Nowakowski, R Van Bremen, HJW Zandvliet… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) have recently attracted much attention as a
promising platform for the realization of 2-dimensional (2D) electronic devices. One of the …

Unveiling heterogeneity of hysteresis in perovskite thin films

Z Zou, H Qiu, Z Shao - Discover Nano, 2024 - Springer
The phenomenon of current–voltage hysteresis observed in perovskite-based optoelectronic
devices is a critical issue that complicates the accurate assessment of device parameters …

Probing the Contribution of Lateral Pathways to Out‐of‐Plane Charge Transport in Organic Bulk Heterojunctions

PS Fernando, JS Mehta, DM Smilgies… - Advanced Electronic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The nanoscale interpenetrating electron donor–acceptor network in organic bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells results in efficient charge photogeneration but creates …

Efficient carrier-filtering performance probing of oxide buffer-layers in organic solar cell at nanoscale

A Sreedharan, BC Das - Organic Electronics, 2023 - Elsevier
The interfacial coupling between donor and acceptor is crucial for exciton generation in bulk-
heterojunction organic solar cells along with the charge carrier extraction capability of …

Mixed molecular orientations promote charge transport in bulk heterojunction solar cells

PS Fernando, DM Smilgies… - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
By systematically varying the molecular orientation of poly (3-hexylthiophene-2, 5-
diyl)(P3HT) in P3HT: fullerene bulk heterojunctions, we show that a mixed face-on and edge …

Integration of Scanning Probe Microscope with High-Performance Computing: fixed-policy and reward-driven workflows implementation

Y Liu, U Pratiush, J Bemis, R Proksch, R Emery… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The rapid development of computation power and machine learning algorithms has paved
the way for automating scientific discovery with a scanning probe microscope (SPM). The …

Colocalized Nanoscale Electrical and Compositional Mapping of Organic Solar Cells

JS Mehta, PS Fernando, JL Grazul… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaics based on the bulk heterojunction is an emergent technology with the
potential to enable low-cost, lightweight, and mechanically flexible energy conversion …