Nature Communications (May 2022)
Free charge photogeneration in a single component high photovoltaic efficiency organic semiconductor
- Michael B. Price,
- Paul A. Hume,
- Aleksandra Ilina,
- Isabella Wagner,
- Ronnie R. Tamming,
- Karen E. Thorn,
- Wanting Jiao,
- Alison Goldingay,
- Patrick J. Conaghan,
- Girish Lakhwani,
- Nathaniel J. L. K. Davis,
- Yifan Wang,
- Peiyao Xue,
- Heng Lu,
- Kai Chen,
- Xiaowei Zhan,
- Justin M. Hodgkiss
Affiliations
- Michael B. Price
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Paul A. Hume
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Aleksandra Ilina
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Isabella Wagner
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Ronnie R. Tamming
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Karen E. Thorn
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Wanting Jiao
- Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington
- Alison Goldingay
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
- Patrick J. Conaghan
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
- Girish Lakhwani
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
- Nathaniel J. L. K. Davis
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Yifan Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University
- Peiyao Xue
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University
- Heng Lu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University
- Kai Chen
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- Xiaowei Zhan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University
- Justin M. Hodgkiss
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30127-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
When light hits organic semiconductors, bound charge pairs, called excitons, are usually produced. Here, the authors show that in the best performing organic solar material to date, free charges, rather than excitons, are directly created by light.
