Nature Communications (Sep 2020)
Orientation dependent molecular electrostatics drives efficient charge generation in homojunction organic solar cells
- Yifan Dong,
- Vasileios C. Nikolis,
- Felix Talnack,
- Yi-Chun Chin,
- Johannes Benduhn,
- Giacomo Londi,
- Jonas Kublitski,
- Xijia Zheng,
- Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld,
- Donato Spoltore,
- Luca Muccioli,
- Jing Li,
- Xavier Blase,
- David Beljonne,
- Ji-Seon Kim,
- Artem A. Bakulin,
- Gabriele D’Avino,
- James R. Durrant,
- Koen Vandewal
Affiliations
- Yifan Dong
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London
- Vasileios C. Nikolis
- Dresden Integrated Centre for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) and Institute for Applied Physics, Technische Universität Dresden
- Felix Talnack
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) and Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden
- Yi-Chun Chin
- Department of Physics and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London
- Johannes Benduhn
- Dresden Integrated Centre for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) and Institute for Applied Physics, Technische Universität Dresden
- Giacomo Londi
- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons
- Jonas Kublitski
- Dresden Integrated Centre for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) and Institute for Applied Physics, Technische Universität Dresden
- Xijia Zheng
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London
- Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) and Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden
- Donato Spoltore
- Dresden Integrated Centre for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) and Institute for Applied Physics, Technische Universität Dresden
- Luca Muccioli
- Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna
- Jing Li
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- Xavier Blase
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- David Beljonne
- Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons
- Ji-Seon Kim
- Department of Physics and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London
- Artem A. Bakulin
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London
- Gabriele D’Avino
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
- James R. Durrant
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London
- Koen Vandewal
- Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Hasselt University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18439-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Though single-material organic solar cells are attractive for next-generation photovoltaic technologies, designing new materials with ideal properties remains a challenge. Here, the authors report the use of orientation-dependent molecular electrostatics to realise efficient homojunction devices.
