The following articles were published with support from the Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials (CISSEM), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Award Number DE-SC0001084. CISSEM researchers at The University of Arizona, Georgia Tech, NREL, Princeton University, and the University of Washington are focused on interface science important for the development of thin-film photovoltaic technologies such as organic photovoltaics.
Joseph J. Berry, N. Edwin Widjonarko, Brian A. Bailey, Ajaya K. Sigdel, David S. Ginley, and Dana C. Olson, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2010, 16(6), 1649-1655. “Surface Treatment of NiO Hole Transport Layers for Organic Solar Cells.”
K. Xerxes Steirer, N. Edwin Widjonarko, Ajaya K. Sigdel, Matthew T. Lloyd, David S. Ginley, Dana C. Olson, and Joseph J. Berry, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2010, 000102-000104. “Optimization of Organic Photovoltaic Devices Using Tuned Mixed Metal Oxide Contact Layers.”
Ajaya K. Sigdel, Paul F. Ndione, Yi Ke, N. Edwin Widjonarko, John D. Perkins, Maikel F.A.M. van Hest, Sean E. Shaheen, Thomas Gennett, David S. Ginley, and Joseph J. Berry, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2010, 003270-003274. "Superimposed RF/DC magnetron sputtering of transparent Ga:ZnO with high conductivity for photovoltaic contacts applications."
Neal R. Armstrong, Diogenes Placencia, Derek Manglesdorf, Weining Wang, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2010, 000503 - 000507. “Small molecule organic solar cells with enhanced near-IR photoactivity: The role of texturing and molecular architecture of the active layers on solar cell performance.”
Mayank Mayukh, Clarissa M. Sema, Jessica M. Roberts, and Dominic V. McGrath, J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75(22), 7893-7896. “Solvent-Free Synthesis of Soluble, Near-IR Absorbing Titanyl Phthalocyanine Derivatives.”
Jens Meyer, Rebecca Khalandovsky, Patrick Görrn, and Antoine Kahn, Adv. Mater., 2011, 23(1), 70-73. “MoO3 Films Spin-Coated from Nanoparticle Suspension for Efficient Hole-Injection in Organic Electronics.”
Bernard Kippelen, in Frontiers in Optics, OSA Technical Digest, 2010, paper FTuA1. “Organic semiconductors for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices: status and promise."
Yinhua Zhou, Hyeunseok Cheun, Seungkeun Choi, William J. Potscavage, Jr., Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, and Bernard Kippelen, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2010, 97, 153304. “Indium tin oxide-free and metal-free semitransparent organic solar cells.”
Hyeunseok Cheun, Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, Yinhua Zhou, William Potscavage Jr., Sung-Jin Kim, Jaewon Shim, Amir Dindar, and Bernard Kippelen, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (48), 20713-20718. “Electrical and Optical Properties of ZnO Processed by Atomic Layer Deposition in Inverted Polymer Solar Cells."
Hyeunseok Cheun, Jungbae Kim, Yinhua Zhou, Yunnan Fang, Amir Dindar, Jaewon Shim, Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, Kenneth H. Sandhage, and Bernard Kippelen, Optics Express, 2010, 18(S4), A506-A512. “Inverted polymer solar cells with amorphous indium zinc oxide as the electron-collecting electrode."
Mary P. Steele, Michael L. Blumenfeld, and Oliver L. A. Monti, J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 133, 124701. “Image states at the interface with a dipolar organic semiconductor.”
Oliver L. A. Monti and Mary P. Steele, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 12390-12400. “Influence of electrostatic fields on molecular electronic structure: insights for interfacial charge transfer."
Ze-Lei Guan, Jong Bok Kim, He Wang, Cherno Jaye, Daniel A. Fischer, Yueh-Lin Loo, and Antoine Kahn, Organic Electronics, 2010, 11(11), 1779–1785. “Direct determination of the electronic structure of the poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-[6,6]-C61 butyric acid methyl ester blend.”
Y. Zhou, H. Cheun, W. J. Potscavage Jr., C. Fuentes-Hernandez, S.J. Kim, and B. Kippelen, J. Mater. Chem, 2010, 20, 6189-6194. “Inverted organic solar cells with ITO electrodes modified with an ultrathin Al2O3 buffer layer deposited by atomic layer deposition.”
J. Meyer, H. Schmidt, W. Kowalsky, T. Riedl, and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2010, 96, 243308. “The origin of low water vapor transmission rates through Al2O3/ZrO2 nanolaminate gas-diffusion barriers grown by atomic layer deposition.”
M.C. Schalnat and J.E. Pemberton, Langmuir, 2010, 26(14), 11862-11869. “Comparison of a Fluorinated Aryl Thiol Self-Assembled Monolayer with Its Hydrogenated Counterpart on Polycrystalline Ag Substrates.”
Mary P. Steele, Michael L. Blumenfeld, and Oliver L.A. Monti, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 2011-2016. “Experimental Determination of the Excited-State Polarizability and Dipole Moment in a Thin Organic Semiconductor Film.”
K. Xerxes Steirer, Jordan P. Chesin, N. Edwin Widjonarko, Joseph J. Berry, Alex Miedaner, David S. Ginley, and Dana C. Olson, Organic Electronics, 2010, 11(8), 1414-1418. “Solution deposited NiO thin-films as hole transport layers in organic photovoltaics.”
Z.O. Araci, C.R. Shallcross, N.R. Armstrong, and S.S. Saavedra, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 1900-1905. "Potential-modulated attenuated total reflectance (PM-ATR) characterization of charge injection processes in monolayer-tethered CdSe nanocrystals."
X. Zhu and A. Kahn, MRS Bulletin, 2010, 35(6), 443-447. “Electronic Structure and Dynamics at Organic Donor/Acceptor Interfaces.”
J. Meyer, M. Kröger, S. Hamwi, F. Gnam, T. Riedl, W. Kowalsky, and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2010, 96, 193302. “Charge generation layers comprising transition metal-oxide/organic interfaces: Electronic structure and charge generation mechanism.
J. Meyer, A. Shu. M. Kröger, and A. Kahn, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2010, 96, 133308. “Effect of contamination on the electronic structure and hole-injection properties of MoO3/organic semiconductor interfaces."
Rajiv Giridharagopal and David S. Ginger, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 1160-1169. “Characterizing morphology in bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic systems.”
Erin L. Ratcliff, Paul A. Lee, and Neal R. Armstrong, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 2672-2679. “Work function control of hole-selective polymer/ITO anode contacts: an electrochemical doping study.”
