Microstructural characterization and charge transport in thin films of conjugated polymers

A Salleo, RJ Kline, DM DeLongchamp… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of semiconducting polymers has been steadily increasing in the last 20
years. Improved control over the microstructure of these materials and a deeper …

Molecular characterization of organic electronic films

DM DeLongchamp, RJ Kline, DA Fischer… - Advanced …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Organic electronics have emerged as a viable competitor to amorphous silicon for the active
layer in low‐cost electronics. The critical performance of organic electronic materials is …

Molecular design of semiconducting polymers for high-performance organic electrochemical transistors

CB Nielsen, A Giovannitti, DT Sbircea… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The organic electrochemical transistor (OECT), capable of transducing small ionic fluxes into
electronic signals in an aqueous environment, is an ideal device to utilize in bioelectronic …

Molecular miscibility of polymer− fullerene blends

BA Collins, E Gann, L Guignard, X He… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The device function of polymer bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells has been commonly
interpreted to arise from charge separation at discrete interfaces between phase-separated …

Control of polymer-packing orientation in thin films through synthetic tailoring of backbone coplanarity

MS Chen, JR Niskala, DA Unruh, CK Chu… - Chemistry of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Controlling solid-state order of π-conjugated polymers through macromolecular design is
essential for achieving high electronic device performance; yet, it remains a challenge …

Design of organic semiconductors from molecular electrostatics

G Heimel, I Salzmann, S Duhm, N Koch - Chemistry of Materials, 2011 - ACS Publications
Progress in the field of organic electronics depends on the synthesis of new π-conjugated
molecules to further improve the performance of, for example, organic light-emitting diodes …

Molecular weight dependence of chain packing and semicrystalline structure in oriented films of regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophene) revealed by high-resolution …

M Brinkmann, P Rannou - Macromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
The semicrystalline structure of regioregular head-to-tail-(HT-) coupled poly (3-
hexylthiophene-2, 5-diyl)(Rr-P3HT) thin films grown by directional epitaxial solidification …

Morphology characterization of bulk heterojunction solar cells

J Song, M Zhang, M Yuan, Y Qian, Y Sun… - Small Methods, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Revealing the nanostructure of bulk‐heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaic blends is a critical
task in the field of organic photovoltaics. The complicated morphology, ranging from binary …

Conjugated‐Polymer Blends for Organic Photovoltaics: Rational Control of Vertical Stratification for High Performance

Y Yan, X Liu, T Wang - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The photoactive layer of bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells, in a thickness range of tens
to hundreds of nanometers, comprises phase‐separated electron donors and acceptors …

Organic planar heterojunctions: from models for interfaces in bulk heterojunctions to high‐performance solar cells

K Nakano, K Tajima - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress regarding planar heterojunctions (PHJs) is reviewed, with respect to the
fundamental understanding of the photophysical processes at the donor/acceptor interfaces …