Advanced 1D heterostructures based on nanotube templates and molecules

C Allard, L Alvarez, JL Bantignies, N Bendiab… - Chemical Society …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advancements in materials science have shed light on the potential of exploring
hierarchical assemblies of molecules on surfaces, driven by both fundamental and …

Carbon nanotubes for photovoltaics: from lab to industry

L Wieland, H Li, C Rust, J Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in photovoltaics could have significant ramifications on
the commercial solar cell market. Three interrelated research directions within the field are …

The role of exciton lifetime for charge generation in organic solar cells at negligible energy-level offsets

A Classen, CL Chochos, L Lüer, VG Gregoriou… - Nature energy, 2020‏ - nature.com
Organic solar cells utilize an energy-level offset to generate free charge carriers. Although a
very small energy-level offset increases the open-circuit voltage, it remains unclear how …

[HTML][HTML] Charge transport in semiconducting carbon nanotube networks

NF Zorn, J Zaumseil - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
Efficient and controlled charge transport in networks of semiconducting single-walled carbon
nanotubes is the basis for their application in electronic devices, especially in field-effect …

Revealing hidden UV instabilities in organic solar cells by correlating device and material stability

A Classen, T Heumueller, I Wabra… - Advanced Energy …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
With state‐of‐the‐art organic solar cells (OSCs) surpassing 16% efficiency, stability
becomes critical for commercialization. In this work, the power of using photoluminescence …

Asymmetrically noncovalently fused-ring acceptor for high-efficiency organic solar cells with reduced voltage loss and excellent thermal stability

Q Guo, J Lin, H Liu, X Dong, X Guo, L Ye, Z Ma, Z Tang… - Nano Energy, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Simultaneously broadening the spectral response and reducing the energy loss are
challenging tasks in the material design of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, a novel …

An oligothiophene–fullerene molecule with a balanced donor–acceptor backbone for high‐performance single‐component organic solar cells

W Wang, R Sun, J Guo, J Guo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
A new balanced donor–acceptor molecule, namely, benzodithiophene (BDT)‐rhodanine‐[6,
6]‐phenyl‐C71 butyric acid methyl ester (Rh‐PC71BM) comprising two covalently linked …

A digital twin to overcome long-time challenges in photovoltaics

L Lüer, IM Peters, AS Smith, E Dorschky, BM Eskofier… - Joule, 2024‏ - cell.com
The recent successes of emerging photovoltaics (PVs) are largely driven by innovations in
material science. However, closing the gap to commercialization still requires significant …

Automatic sorting of single-chirality single-wall carbon nanotubes using hydrophobic cholates: implications for multicolor near-infrared optical technologies

Y Yomogida, T Tanaka, M Tsuzuki, X Wei… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Single-chirality separation of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is important for taking
advantage of the inherent high performance of SWCNTs. Mixed surfactant systems …

Photoinduced Dynamics of a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube with a sp3 Defect: The Importance of Excitonic Effects

Y Zhang, MR Jia, XY Liu, WH Fang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Herein, we employed linear-response time-dependent functional theory nonadiabatic
dynamic simulations to explore the photoinduced exciton dynamics of a chiral single-walled …