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Room-Temperature Meniscus Coating of >20% Perovskite Solar Cells: A Film Formation Mechanism Investigation

Hu, Hanlin; Ren, Zhiwei; Fong, Patrick W. K.; Qin, Minchao; Liu, Danjun; Lei, Dangyuan; Lu, Xinhui; Li, Gang

 ApplicationCharacterizationCustomer publicationsGIWAXSInorganic materialMaterialRenewable energySizeSurface structure and patternsTechniqueThin films

Room-Temperature Meniscus Coating of >20% Perovskite Solar Cells: A Film Formation Mechanism Investigation

Hu, Hanlin; Ren, Zhiwei; Fong, Patrick W. K.; Qin, Minchao; Liu, Danjun; Lei, Dangyuan; Lu, Xinhui; Li, Gang

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are ideally fabricated entirely via a scalable solution process at low temperatures to realize the promise of simple manufacturing, low-cost processing, compatibility with flexible substrates, and perovskite-based tandem solar cells. However, high-quality photoactive perovskite thin films under those processing conditions is a challenge. Here, a laminar…
Transforming an inert nanopolymer into broad-spectrum bactericidal by superstructure tuning

Scilletta, Natalia A.; Pezzoni, Magdalena; Desimone, Martín F.; Soler-Illia, Galo J.A.A.; Catalano, Paolo N.; Bellino, Martín G.

 ApplicationCharacteristic dimensionCharacterizationCustomer publicationsGISAXSInorganic materialMaterialNanoparticles & colloidsOrientation analysisParticlesSurface structure and patternsTechniqueThin films

Transforming an inert nanopolymer into broad-spectrum bactericidal by superstructure tuning

Scilletta, Natalia A.; Pezzoni, Magdalena; Desimone, Martín F.; Soler-Illia, Galo J.A.A.; Catalano, Paolo N.; Bellino, Martín G.

Poloxamer block copolymers (also known as Pluronic®) are particularly useful for drug delivery and self-assembly techniques. These nanopolymers are generally considered to be biologically inert and they were used to generate only bacteria repellent surfaces but keeps bacteria alive and as a latent threat. However, the inherent capabilities of these…
Cavitation-enabled rapid and tunable evolution of high-χN micelles as templates for ordered mesoporous oxides

Lokupitiya, Hasala N.; Stefik, Morgan

 (Natural) polymersApplicationCharacteristic dimensionCharacterizationCustomer publicationsGISAXSGIWAXSMaterialOrientation analysisPolymer researchSizeTechniqueThin films

Cavitation-enabled rapid and tunable evolution of high-χN micelles as templates for ordered mesoporous oxides

Lokupitiya, Hasala N.; Stefik, Morgan

The kinetic-entrapment of block copolymer micelles enables size-persistence, however tuning micelle sizes under such conditions remains challenging. Agitation-induced chain exchange via vortexing is limited by the production of solution–air interfaces. Here, we use ultrasonic cavitation for rapid interface production that accelerates micelle growth by an order of magnitude over…
Ordered Mesoporous to Macroporous Oxides with Tunable Isomorphic Architectures: Solution Criteria for Persistent Micelle Templates

Lokupitiya, Hasala N.; Jones, Alexis; Reid, Barry; Guldin, Stefan; Stefik, Morgan

 (Natural) polymersApplicationCharacteristic dimensionCharacterizationCompositesCustomer publicationsGISAXSGIWAXSInorganic materialMaterialPhase analysisPorous materialRenewable energySAXSSelf-assembled materialSurfactantsTechniqueTemperatureThin filmsWAXS

Ordered Mesoporous to Macroporous Oxides with Tunable Isomorphic Architectures: Solution Criteria for Persistent Micelle Templates

Lokupitiya, Hasala N.; Jones, Alexis; Reid, Barry; Guldin, Stefan; Stefik, Morgan

Porous and nanoscale architectures of inorganic materials have become crucial for a range of energy and catalysis applications, where the ability to control the morphology largely determines the transport characteristics and device performance. Despite the availability of a range of block copolymer self-assembly methods, the conditions for tuning the key…
Overcoming efficiency and stability limits in water-processing nanoparticular organic photovoltaics by minimizing microstructure defects

Xie, Chen; Heumüller, Thomas; Gruber, Wolfgang; Tang, Xiaofeng; Classen, Andrej; Schuldes, Isabel; Bidwell, Matthew; Späth, Andreas; Fink, Rainer H.; Unruh, Tobias; McCulloch, Iain; Li, Ning; Brabec, Christoph J.

 ApplicationCharacterizationCrystalline fractionCustomer publicationsGIWAXSMaterialNanoparticles & colloidsPhase analysisRenewable energySAXSSelf-assembled materialTechniqueThin filmsWAXS

Overcoming efficiency and stability limits in water-processing nanoparticular organic photovoltaics by minimizing microstructure defects

Xie, Chen; Heumüller, Thomas; Gruber, Wolfgang; Tang, Xiaofeng; Classen, Andrej; Schuldes, Isabel; Bidwell, Matthew; Späth, Andreas; Fink, Rainer H.; Unruh, Tobias; McCulloch, Iain; Li, Ning; Brabec, Christoph J.

Water-based semiconducting polymer nanoparticles are eco-friendly and non-toxic but their performance suffers from the surfactants. Here Xie et al. design an approach to minimize the amount of residual surfactant in these nanoparticles and make high-efficiency and stability solar…
Pore size dependent cation adsorption in a nanoporous polymer film derived from a plastic columnar phase

Bhattacharjee, Subham; Lugger, Jody AM; Sijbesma, Rint P.

 (Natural) polymersApplicationCharacterizationCustomer publicationsLiquid crystalsMaterialPolymer researchPore size and pore size distributionSelf-assembled materialTechniqueTemperatureThin filmsWAXS

Pore size dependent cation adsorption in a nanoporous polymer film derived from a plastic columnar phase

Bhattacharjee, Subham; Lugger, Jody AM; Sijbesma, Rint P.

Chemical Communications, 2018, vol 54, 68, pp. 9521–9524DOI:Back to the overview
The effect of side-chain substitution on the aggregation and photovoltaic performance of diketopyrrolopyrrole-alt-dicarboxylic ester bithiophene polymers

Heuvel, Ruurd; Colberts, Fallon J. M.; Li, Junyu; Wienk, Martijn M.; Janssen, René A. J.

 (Natural) polymersApplicationCharacteristic dimensionCharacterizationCrystalline fractionCustomer publicationsGIWAXSMaterialRenewable energyTechniqueThin films

The effect of side-chain substitution on the aggregation and photovoltaic performance of diketopyrrolopyrrole-alt-dicarboxylic ester bithiophene polymers

Heuvel, Ruurd; Colberts, Fallon J. M.; Li, Junyu; Wienk, Martijn M.; Janssen, René A. J.

Using a dicarboxylic ester bithiophene (DCBT) co-monomer, electron-withdrawing ester groups are introduced on the two central thiophene rings of an alternating donor–acceptor polymer (PDPP4T) consisting of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) and quaterthiophene (4T) to increase the oxidation potential and reduce the photon energy loss in solar cells. To counteract the increased solubility…
An Isoindigo-Based “Double-Cable” Conjugated Polymer for Single-Component Polymer Solar Cells

Yu, Changshi; Xu, Yunhua; Li, Cheng; Feng, Guitao; Yang, Fan; Li, Junyu; Li, Weiwei

 (Natural) polymersApplicationCharacteristic dimensionCharacterizationCrystalline fractionCustomer publicationsGIWAXSMaterialPhase analysisPolymer researchRenewable energyTechniqueThin films

An Isoindigo-Based “Double-Cable” Conjugated Polymer for Single-Component Polymer Solar Cells

Yu, Changshi; Xu, Yunhua; Li, Cheng; Feng, Guitao; Yang, Fan; Li, Junyu; Li, Weiwei

Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2018, vol 36, 6, pp. 515–518DOI:Back to the overview
The Impact of Device Polarity on the Performance of Polymer–Fullerene Solar Cells

Li, Mengmeng; Li, Junyu; Di Carlo Rasi, Dario; Colberts, Fallon JM; Wang, Junke; Heintges, Gaël HL; Lin, Baojun; Li, Weiwei; Ma, Wei; Wienk, Martijn M.

 (Natural) polymersApplicationCharacteristic dimensionCharacterizationCrystalline fractionCustomer publicationsGIWAXSMaterialPolymer researchRenewable energyTechniqueThin films

The Impact of Device Polarity on the Performance of Polymer–Fullerene Solar Cells

Li, Mengmeng; Li, Junyu; Di Carlo Rasi, Dario; Colberts, Fallon JM; Wang, Junke; Heintges, Gaël HL; Lin, Baojun; Li, Weiwei; Ma, Wei; Wienk, Martijn M.

Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, pp. 1800550DOI:Back to the overview
Effects of fluorination and thermal annealing on charge recombination processes in polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Más-Montoya, Miriam; Li, Junyu; Wienk, Martijn M.; Meskers, Stefan CJ; Janssen, René AJ

 (Natural) polymersApplicationCharacteristic dimensionCharacterizationCrystalline fractionCustomer publicationsGIWAXSMaterialPolymer researchRenewable energyTechniqueThin films

Effects of fluorination and thermal annealing on charge recombination processes in polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Más-Montoya, Miriam; Li, Junyu; Wienk, Martijn M.; Meskers, Stefan CJ; Janssen, René AJ

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, vol 6, 40, pp. 19520–19531DOI:Back to the overview
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