The damaging effects of the acidity in PEDOT: PSS on semiconductor device performance and solutions based on non-acidic alternatives

J Cameron, PJ Skabara - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrene sulfonate), PEDOT: PSS, has been widely
used as an effective hole transporting material in many different organic semiconductor …

Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

NiOx Nanoparticles Hole‐Transporting Layer Regulated by Ionic Radius‐Controlled Do** and Reductive Agent for Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency of 19.18%

G Zhang, Q Chen, Z Zhang, Z Gao, C **ao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nickel oxide (NiOx) has garnered considerable attention as a prospective hole‐transporting
layer (HTL) in organic solar cells (OSCs), offering a potential solution to the stability …

Recent progress in hole‐transporting layers of conventional organic solar cells with p–i–n structure

X Zhang, H Zhang, Y Li, S Zafar, S Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, organic solar cells (OSCs) have received rapid boosts in the power conversion
efficiency (PCE), due to progresses in materials and device engineering. Several groups …

Transition metal oxides for organic electronics: energetics, device physics and applications

J Meyer, S Hamwi, M Kröger, W Kowalsky… - Advanced …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
During the last few years, transition metal oxides (TMO) such as molybdenum tri‐oxide
(MoO3), vanadium pent‐oxide (V2O5) or tungsten tri‐oxide (WO3) have been extensively …

Direct observation of trap-assisted recombination in organic photovoltaic devices

S Zeiske, OJ Sandberg, N Zarrabi, W Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Trap-assisted recombination caused by localised sub-gap states is one of the most
important first-order loss mechanism limiting the power-conversion efficiency of all solar …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the influence of absorber layer thickness on the performance of perovskite solar cells: a combined simulation and impedance spectroscopy study

A Mortadi, E El Hafidi, M Monkade… - Materials Science for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Absorber thickness is one among keys parameters that can have significant effects on the
performance of the solar cell. An appropriate absorber thickness should be chosen to …

Solution‐processed nickel oxide hole transport layers in high efficiency polymer photovoltaic cells

JR Manders, SW Tsang, MJ Hartel… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The detailed characterization of solution‐derived nickel (II) oxide (NiO) hole‐transporting
layer (HTL) films and their application in high efficiency organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells is …

Post‐treatment‐Free Solution‐Processed Non‐stoichiometric NiOx Nanoparticles for Efficient Hole‐Transport Layers of Organic Optoelectronic Devices

F Jiang, WCH Choy, X Li, D Zhang… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the early stage, Marks and co-workers [13] reported a striking performance improvement
of OSCs by replacing PEDOT: PSS with NiO x film using a pulsed-laser deposition …

Recent progress in organic photovoltaics: device architecture and optical design

W Cao, J Xue - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials and devices has flourished in recent
years due to their potential for offering low-cost solar energy conversion. With a deepened …