Morphology control in organic solar cells

F Zhao, C Wang, X Zhan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) can directly convert the sunlight into electrical energy and
present some advantages, such as low cost, light weight, flexibility, semitransparency, and …

Solvent additives: key morphology‐directing agents for solution‐processed organic solar cells

C McDowell, M Abdelsamie, MF Toney… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) have the advantage of possible fabrication by energy‐efficient
and cost‐effective deposition methods, such as solution processing. Solvent additives can …

Bulk heterojunction solar cells: morphology and performance relationships

Y Huang, EJ Kramer, AJ Heeger, GC Bazan - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
With the hope of solving the present energy crisis and associated environmental issues,
much research has been focused on solar cells that can harvest energy directly from …

Intraparticle Molecular Orbital Engineering of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles as Amplified Theranostics for in Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal …

Y Lyu, Y Fang, Q Miao, X Zhen, D Ding, K Pu - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Optical theranostic nanoagents that seamlessly and synergistically integrate light-generated
signals with photothermal or photodynamic therapy can provide opportunities for cost …

Quantitative determination of organic semiconductor microstructure from the molecular to device scale

J Rivnay, SCB Mannsfeld, CE Miller, A Salleo… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Organic semiconductors offer the potential for large-area deposition on substrates of flexible
or unique form factors and can be deposited at ambient conditions at low cost. They can be …

[HTML][HTML] Additives for morphology control in high-efficiency organic solar cells

HC Liao, CC Ho, CY Chang, MH Jao, SB Darling… - Materials today, 2013 - Elsevier
Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaics represent one of the most promising technologies in
low-cost, high-throughput, environmentally friendly energy conversion. Morphological …

Controlling the Morphology and Performance of Bulk Heterojunctions in Solar Cells. Lessons Learned from the Benchmark Poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-Phenyl-C61 …

MT Dang, L Hirsch, G Wantz, JD Wuest - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Photovoltaic cells are an established and increasingly important technology for the
production of renewable energy. 1 Despite the expanding use of inorganic semiconductors …

Achieving a high fill factor for organic solar cells

MH Jao, HC Liao, WF Su - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have developed rapidly in the last decades due to their
potential for providing cost-efficient, low-energy consumption, and environmentally friendly …

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 …

Effects of additives on the morphology of solution phase aggregates formed by active layer components of high-efficiency organic solar cells

SJ Lou, JM Szarko, T Xu, L Yu, TJ Marks… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Processing additives are used in organic photovoltaic systems to optimize the active layer
film morphology. However, the actual mechanism is not well understood. Using X-ray …