Charge carrier traps in organic semiconductors: a review on the underlying physics and impact on electronic devices

HF Haneef, AM Zeidell, OD Jurchescu - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The weak intermolecular interactions inherent in organic semiconductors make them
susceptible to defect formation, resulting in localized states in the band-gap that can trap …

The path to 20% power conversion efficiencies in nonfullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, AJ Gillett, RH Friend… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of single‐junction organic solar cells (OSC) have
now reached over 18%. This rapid recent progress can be attributed to the development of …

Solution-processed green and blue quantum-dot light-emitting diodes with eliminated charge leakage

Y Deng, F Peng, Y Lu, X Zhu, W **, J Qiu, J Dong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Quantum-dot light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs) promise a new generation of efficient, low-
cost, large-area and flexible electroluminescent devices. However, the inferior performance …

Polythiophene-doped resorcinol–formaldehyde resin photocatalysts for solar-to-hydrogen peroxide energy conversion

Y Shiraishi, M Matsumoto, S Ichikawa… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The generation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from water and dioxygen by sunlight-driven
heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising method for the artificial photosynthesis of a …

Effects of energetic disorder in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

J Yuan, C Zhang, B Qiu, W Liu, SK So… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have progressed rapidly in recent years through the
development of novel organic photoactive materials, especially non-fullerene acceptors …

The role of bulk and interfacial morphology in charge generation, recombination, and extraction in non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, J Vollbrecht, AJ Gillett, SS **ao… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Some fundamental questions in the organic solar cell (OSC) community are related to the
role of bulk and interfacial morphology on key processes such as charge generation …

Understanding the high performance of over 15% efficiency in single‐junction bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

A Karki, J Vollbrecht, AL Dixon, N Schopp… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The highly efficient single‐junction bulk‐heterojunction (BHJ) PM6: Y6 system can achieve
high open‐circuit voltages (VOC) while maintaining exceptional fill‐factor (FF) and short …

A window to trap-free charge transport in organic semiconducting thin films

NB Kotadiya, A Mondal, PWM Blom, D Andrienko… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Organic semiconductors, which serve as the active component in devices, such as solar
cells, light-emitting diodes and field-effect transistors, often exhibit highly unipolar charge …

Non-fullerene acceptor doped block copolymer for efficient and stable organic solar cells

Y Wu, Q Fan, B Fan, F Qi, Z Wu, FR Lin, Y Li… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs) often suffer from morphological instability due
to thermo-or photoinduced molecular diffusion. To circumvent such instability, OSCs …

Recent advances on redox active composites of metal-organic framework and conducting polymers as pseudocapacitor electrode material

RB Choudhary, S Ansari, M Majumder - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
After more than five decades of extensive research on conducting polymers (CPs) and three
decades of extensive research on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), is there any further …