[HTML][HTML] The effect of deposition method and thickness dependence on the growth of P3HT for organic photovoltaic devices

FV Molefe, BM Mothudi, MS Dhlamini - Results in Optics, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a comparison between spin-coating, dip-coating, and drop-coating that
entails investigating the effect of the thickness on P3HT thin film properties. The grown P3HT …

Photovoltaic performance improvement of organic solar cell with ZnO nanorod arrays as electron transport layer using carbon quantum dots-incorporated photoactive …

NA Issa, CC Yap, ST Tan, KJ Hong, KS Lau… - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with astonishing optical and electrical features have been
utilized to improve the photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this work …

Unveiling the thermal stability of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based terpolymers: a key element for enhanced efficiency and stability of organic solar cells

LT Nchinda, Z Genene, W Mammo… - New Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
With the advent of novel polymers, organic solar cell (OSC) research has evolved
significantly over the past decade. The molecular engineering of terpolymers has allowed for …

Tuning the morphology and energy levels in organic solar cells with metal–organic framework nanosheets

K Sasitharan, J Frisch, J Kuliček, A Iraqi, DG Lidzey… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Metal–organic framework nanosheets (MONs) have proved themselves to be useful
additives for enhancing the performance of a variety of thin film solar cell devices. However …

Toward bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells with thermally stable active layer morphology

I Cardinaletti, J Kesters, S Bertho… - … of Photonics for …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
When state-of-the-art bulk heterojunction organic solar cells with ideal morphology are
exposed to prolonged storage or operation at elevated temperatures, a thermally induced …

Quantifying local thickness and composition in thin films of organic photovoltaic blends by Raman scattering

X Rodríguez-Martínez, MS Vezie, X Shi… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a methodology based on Raman spectroscopy that enables the non-invasive and
fast quantitative determination of local thickness and composition in thin films (from a few …

Role of solvent used to cast P3HT thin films on the performance of ZnO/P3HT hybrid photo detector

C Shalu, M Shukla, A Tiwari, J Agrawal… - Physica E: Low …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of ZnO nanostructured morphology and the role of casting solvent for the active
layer of P3HT have been investigated in terms of improved photo response of ZnO/Poly (3 …

High efficient and stabilized photovoltaics via morphology manipulating in active layer by rod-coil block copolymers comprising different hydrophilic to hydrophobic …

S Agbolaghi, F Abbasi, H Gheybi - European Polymer Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)-based block copolymers were synthesized with
hydrophilic and hydrophobic dielectric blocks including poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG), poly …

Remarkable self-organization and unusual conductivity behavior in cellulose nanocrystal-PEDOT: PSS nanocomposites

KM Alam, P Kar, UK Thakur, R Kisslinger… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
Aqueous suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals were blended with Poly (3, 4-
ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrene sulfonate)[PEDOT: PSS], and cast into thin films. The …

Ion irradiation induced modifications of P3HT: a donor material for organic photovoltaic devices

T Sharma, R Singhal, R Vishnoi, G Lakshmi, S Chand… - Vacuum, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The modifications of Poly (3-Hexylthiophene)(P3HT) thin films have been
investigated by irradiating with 90 MeV Ni 7+ ions at different fluences (1× 10 9 to 1× 10 11 …