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Ahmed M. Hassan, Md Khadimul Islam, Spencer On, Bharath Natarajan, Itai Stein, Noa Lachman, Estelle Cohen, Brian L. Wardle, Renu Sharma, James Liddle, Edward Garboczi
In nearly all prior modeling studies of the electromagnetic properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) composites, the three-dimensional (3D) shape and spatial distribution of the CNTs in the composite were unknown. Therefore, simplifying assumptions had to be
Liang-Wen Feng, Jianhua Chen, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Yao Chen, Ding Zheng, Joseph Strzalka, Gang Wang, Dean DeLongchamp, Antonio Facchetti, Tobin Marks
Here we report facile, high-yield synthetic access to the difluoro BTA building block, 4,7-bis(5-bromo-4-(2-hexyl-decyl)-thiophen-2-yl)-5,6-difluoro-2-(pentadecan-7-yl)-benzo[d]thiazole (BTAT-2f), for use in donor (D)–acceptor 1 (A1)–D–acceptor 2 (A2)
Hyuk-Jae Jang, Oleg A. Kirillov, John S. Suehle, Curt A. Richter
Understanding the electronic structure of organic/molecular semiconductors and the energetics at their interfaces with metals is critical for organic-based electronics applications. Here we demonstrate that the energetics at metal/molecule interfaces can
Yufei Zhong, Martina Causa, Gareth J. Moore, Philipp Krauspe, Bo Xiao, Jonas Kublitski, Rishi Shivhare, Johannes Benduhn, Eyal BarOr, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Kaila Yallum, Julien R?hault, Stefan C. Mannsfeld, Dieter Neher, Lee J. Richter, Dean DeLongchamp, Frank Ortmann, Koen Vandewal, Erjun Zhou, Banerji Natalie, Florian Gunther
Organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) show record efficiency of 16 to 17% and increased photovoltage owing to the low driving force for interfacial charge-transfer. However, the low driving force potentially slows down charge
Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Regis J. Kline, Iain McCulloch, Zeinab Hamid, Andrew Wadsworth, Elham Rezasoltani, Sarah Holliday, Mohammed Azzouzi, Anne Guilbert, Yifan Dong, Marios Neophytou, Mark Little, Helen Bristow, Artem Bakulin, James Durrant, Jenny Nelson, Andrew A. Herzing
The temperature dependent aggregation behavior of PffBT4T polymers used in organic solar cells plays a critical role in the formation of a favorable morphology in fullerene-based devices. However, there has been little investigation into the impact of
Kai Jiang, Sujitra Pookpanratana, Tong Ren, Sean Natoli, Brent A. Sperling, Joseph W. Robertson, Curt A. Richter, Sheng Yu, Qiliang Li
A monolayer of diruthenium molecules was self-assembled onto the silicon oxide surface in a semiconductor capacitor structure with a ‘click' reaction for nonvolatile memory applications. The attachment of the active molecular monolayer was verified by x
Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Gang Wang, Steven M. Swick, Micaela Matta, Joseph Strzalka, Thomas Aldrich, Ferdinand Melkonyan, Antonio Facchetti, Tobin Marks, Jenna L. Logsdon, Simone Fabiano, Wei Huang, Tony Yang, Amod Timalsina, Natalia Powers-Riggs, Joaquin Alzola, Ryan M. Young, Michael R. Wasielewski, George C. Schatz
Achieving efficient polymer solar cells (PSCs) requires a structurally optimal donoracceptor heterojunction morphology. Here we report the combined experimental and theoretical characterization of a benzodithiophenebenzothiadiazole donor polymer series
Nils E. Persson, Sebastian Engmann, Lee J. Richter, Dean M. DeLongchamp
Due to the highly directional nature of transport in polymer-based organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), alignment of the polymer backbone can significantly affect device performance. While many methods of alignment have been detailed, the mechanism of
Emily G. Bittle, Adam J. Biacchi, Lisa A. Fredin, Andrew A. Herzing, Thomas C. Allison, Angela R. Hight Walker, David J. Gundlach
Charge transport in organic semiconductors is governed by a mix of polaron hopping and band- like transport mechanisms. The energy of polaron hopping and formation are similar in magnitude to the energies of inter- and intra- molecular modes, which points
Sebastian Engmann, Adam J. Barito, Emily Bittle, Chris Giebink, Lee J. Richter, David J. Gundlach
Spin-dependent nonlinear processes in organic materials such as singlet-fission and triplet- triplet annihilation could increase the performance for photovoltaics, detectors, and light emitting diodes. Rubrene/C60 light emitting diodes exhibit a distinct
Hyuk-Jae Jang, Emily Bittle, Qin Zhang, Adam Biacchi, Curt A. Richter, David J. Gundlach
Here, we present the electrical detection of singlet fission in tetracene by using a field- effect transistor (FET). Singlet fission is a photo-induced spin-dependent process yielding two triplet excitons from the absorption of a single photon. , In this
Pratik Sen, Ruonan Yang, Jeremy Rech, Yuanxiang Feng, Carr Hoi Yi Ho, Jinsong Huang, Franky So, Regis J. Kline, Wei You, Michael W. Kudenov, Brendan O'Connor
Lamport Zachary, Katrina Barth, Hyunsu Lee, Martin Guthold, Iain McCulloch, John E. Anthony, Lee J. Richter, Eliot Gann, Dean DeLongchamp, Oana Jurchescu
Efficient injection of charge carriers from the contacts into the semiconductor layer is crucial for achieving high-performance organic devices. The potential drop necessary to accomplish this process yields a resistance associated with the contacts
Sujitra J. Pookpanratana, Katelyn Goetz, Emily G. Bittle, Hamna Haneef, Lin You, Christina A. Hacker, Steven W. Robey, Oana Jurchescu, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Erika Giangrisostomi
The transport properties of electronic devices made from single crystalline molecular semiconductors outperform those composed of thin-films. To further understand the superiority of these extrinsic properties, an understanding of the intrinsic electronic
Lee J. Richter, Hyun W. Ro, Regis J. Kline, Daniel A. Fischer, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Lars Thomsen, Christopher McNeil, Dawei Wu, Maria Kaplan, Eliot H. Gann
Recent demonstration of mobilities in excess of 10 cm2V-1s-1 have energized research in solution deposition of polymers for thin film transistor applications. Due to the lamella motif of most soluble, semiconducting polymers, the local mobility is
Christopher L. Soles, Richard A. Vaia, Ronald Pindak
The round-table participants concluded that facilities at NSLS-II provide immediate opportunities to address some of the critical processing and measurement challenges that are blocking the path towards a sustainable US-centric Flexible Hybrid Electronic
Vasileia Georgiou, Dmitry Veksler, Jason Campbell, Jason Ryan, Pragya Shrestha, D. E. Ioannou, Kin P. Cheung
There is an increasing number of reports on polar polymer-based Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistors (FeFETs), where the hysteresis of the drain current - gate voltage (Id-Vg) curve is investigated as the result of the ferroelectric polarization effect
Emily G. Bittle, Hyuk-Jae Jang, Qin Zhang, Curt A. Richter, David J. Gundlach
Organic semiconductors provide a unique set of properties that provide for the manufacture of large and flexible LED screens and photovoltaic arrays. In order to lower the operating voltages of organic LEDs (OLEDs) and improve efficiency above the Shockley
Christina A. Hacker, Robert C. Bruce, Sujitra J. Pookpanratana
Innovation in the electronics industry is tied to interface engineering as devices increasingly incorporate new materials and shrink. Molecular layers offer a versatile means of tuning interfacial electronic, chemical, physical, and magnetic properties
Sebastian Engmann, Hyun W. Ro, Andrew A. Herzing, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Chad R. Snyder, Lee J. Richter, Adam J. Barito, David J. Gundlach
The full benefit of emerging solution deposited photovoltaic devices requires development of processes compatible with high speed manufacturing. Extensive studies of the lab-to-fab challenge have been performed on polymer donor based organic photovoltaics
Sujitra J. Pookpanratana, Katelyn Goetz, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Erika Giangrisostomi, Emily G. Bittle, Oana Jurchescu, Steven W. Robey, Christina A. Hacker
In organic electronics, the highest estimated charge mobility in a device is typically achieved when the organic semiconductor is a single crystal. However, the measurement of the electronic and chemical structure of organic single crystals by