Comparative indoor and outdoor stability measurements of polymer based solar cells

Autor: Yiwei Zhang, Hunan Yi, Ahmed Iraqi, James Kingsley, Alastair Buckley, Tao Wang, David G. Lidzey

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)

Abstract We report comparative indoor and outdoor stability testing of organic solar cells based on a blend between a donor-acceptor polyfluorene copolymer and a fullerene derivative. The outdoor testing was conducted for a period over 12,000 hours i

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Molecular Engineering of Conjugated Polymers for Efficient Hole Transport and Defect Passivation in Perovskite Solar Cells

Autor: Liyan Yang, Feilong Cai, Jinlong Cai, Tao Wang, Wei Li, Robert S. Gurney, Hunan Yi, Dan Liu, Ahmed Iraqi

Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells represent an exceptional candidate for nextgeneration\ud photovoltaic technology. However, the presence of surface defects in perovskite crystals\ud limits the performance as well as the stability of pe

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Grain size dependence of degradation of aluminium/calcium cathodes in organic solar cells following exposure to humid air

Autor: Alastair Buckley, Tao Wang, David G. Lidzey, Athene M. Donald, Nicholas W. Scarratt, Ahmed Iraqi, Hunan Yi, Tom S. Glen, James Kingsley

Publikováno v: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 140:25-32

Cross-sectional TEM and SEM have been used to study the degradation of organic solar cells when exposed to a high humidity environment. Two obvious effects were caused by this exposure: voids at the aluminium/calcium interface and large bubble like p

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.03.015

Vertical stratification and its impact on device performance in a polycarbazole based copolymer solar cells

Autor: Richard T. Grant, Richard A. L. Jones, David G. Lidzey, Tao Wang, Yiwei Zhang, Jizhong Yao, Iain F. Coleman, Nicholas W. Scarratt, Alan D. F. Dunbar, Maximilian W. A. Skoda, Ahmed Iraqi, Hunan Yi

Publikováno v: Wang, T, Scarratt, N W, Yi, H, Coleman, I F, Zhang, Y, Grant, R T, Yao, J, Skoda, M W A, Dunbar, A D F, Jones, R A L, Iraqi, A & Lidzey, D G 2015, ' Vertical stratification and its impact on device performance in a polycarbazole based copolymer solar cells ', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 3, no. 16, pp. 4007-4015 . https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc02884h

Using neutron-reflectivity, we study vertical stratification and device performance in bulk hetero-junction organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells consisting of a blend of PC71BM with a carbazole-based donor–acceptor copolymer PCDTBT1. We find that when

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https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc02884h

The Influence of MoOxAnode Stoicheometry on the Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

Autor: Darren C. Watters, Alastair Buckley, Ahmed Iraqi, Hunan Yi, Jonathan Griffin, David G. Lidzey

Publikováno v: Advanced Energy Materials. 3:903-908

Bulk heterojunction solar cells containing molybdenum oxide hole extracting anode contacts have been fabricated with varying stoicheometry using radio frequency reactive sputtering from a Molybdenum metal target. A blend of the newly synthesised conj

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https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201200886