Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Hot Carrier Solar Cell: Implementation of the Ultimate Photovoltaic Converter Photon Enhanced Thermionic Emission (PETE) for Solar Concentrator Systems Self-sorting of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Large Area Low Cost Transparent Electrodes Ultra-High Efficiency Thermophotovoltaic Solar Cells Using Metallic Photonic Crystals as Intermediate Absorber and Emitter Molecular Solar Cells Nanostructured Materials for High-Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cells Lateral Nanoconcentrator Nanowire Multijunction Photovoltaic Cells Plasmonic Photovoltaics Artificial Photosynthesis: Membrane-Supported Assemblies that Use Sunlight to Split Water Advanced Materials and Devices for Low-Cost and High-Performance Organic Photovoltaic Cells Inorganic Nanocomposite Solar Cells by ALD Nanostructured Silicon-Based Tandem Solar Cells Photosynthetic Bioelectricity Nanostructured Metal-Organic Composite Solar Cells Ordered Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells Biomass Energy Hydrogen Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Energy Distribution & Infrastructures Geoengineering All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Advanced Materials and Devices for Low-Cost and High-Performance Organic Photovoltaic Cells

January 2006 - August 2009

Investigators

Zhenan Bao, Department of Chemical Engineering, Michael D. McGehee, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Mondal, R. N. Miyaki, H. A. Becerril, J. Parmer, A. Mayer, M. L. Tang, M. McGehee, and Z. Bao. Chem. Mater. (Submitted, 2009).
Tang, M. L., A. D. Reichardt, P. Wei, and Z. Bao. American Chemical Society. (In press 2009).
Tang, M. L., J. H. Oh, A. D. Reichardt, and Z. Bao. “Chlorination: A General Route toward Electron Transport in Organic Semiconductors.” American Chemical Society. Vol. 131, No. 10, pp. 3733-3740 (2009).
Tang, M. L., S. C. B. Mannsfeld, Y-S. Sun, H. A. Becerril, and Z. Bao. “Pentaceno[2,3-b]thiophene, a Hexacene Analogue for Organic Thin Film Transistors.” American Chemical Society 131, No. 3, pp. 882-883, doi: 10.1021/ja808142c (2009).
Becerril, H. A., M. Nobuyiki, M. L. Tang, Y-S. Sun, A. Mayer, J. Parmer, M. McGehee, and Z. Bao. “Transistor and solar cell performance of donor–acceptor low bandgap copolymers bearing an acenaphtho[1,2-b]thieno[3,4-e]pyrazine (ACTP) motif.” Materials Chemistry, Vol. 19, pp. 591-593, doi:10.1039/b819210c (2009).
Tang, M., A. Reichardt, N. Miyaki, R. M. Stoltenberg, and Z. Bao. “Ambipolar, high performance, acene-based organic thin film transistors.” American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, No. 19, 6064-6065, doi:10.1021/ja8005918 (2008).
Tang, M., A. Reichardt, T. Siegrist, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, and Z. Bao. “Trialkylsilylethynyl-functionalized tetraceno[2,3-b]thiophene and anthra[2,3-b]thiophene organic transistors.” Chem. Mater. Vol. 20, No. 14, pp. 4669-4676, doi:10.1021/cm800644y (2008).
Okamoto, T., Y. Jiang, F. Qiu, A. C. Mayer, J. E. Parmer, M. D. McGehee, and Z. Bao. “Synthesis and characterization of pentacene- and anthradithiophene-fluorene conjugated copolymers synthesized by Suzuki reactions.” Macromolecules, Vol. 41, No. 19, pp. 6977-6978, doi:10.1021/ja0725403 (2008).
Tang, M., A. Reichardt, and Z. Bao. “Functionalized asymmetric linear acenes for high performance organic semiconductors.” Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 1579-1585, doi:10.1002/adfm.200701529 (2008).
Parmer, J. E., A. C. Mayer, B. E. Hardin, S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee, and I. McCulloch. “Organic bulk heterojunction solar cells using poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecyllthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2,-b]thiophene).” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 11, pp. 113309, doi:10.1063/1.2899996 (2008).
M. Tang, A. Reichardt, N. Miyaki, R.M. Stoltenberg, Z. Bao, J. Am. Chem. Soc. accepted.
M. Tang, A. Reichardt, T. Siegrist, S.C.B. Mannsfeld, Z. Bao, Chem. Mater. in press.
T. Okamoto, Y. Jiang, F. Qiu, A.C. Mayer, J.E. Parmer, M.D. McGehee, Z. Bao, Macromolecules, accepted.
T. Okamoto, M.L. Senatore, M.M. Ling, A.B. Mallik, M.L. Tang, Z. Bao, Adv. Mater. 19, 3381-3384, 2007.
T. Okamoto, Z. Bao, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 10308-0309, 2007.
S. Sista, Y. Yao, Y. Yang, M.L. Tang, Z. Bao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 223508, 2007.
J.E. Parmer, A.C. Mayer, B.E. Hardin, S.R. Scully, M.D. McGehee, M. Heeney, I. McCulloch, Applied Physics Letters 92 (2008) p. 113309-1-3.
A.C. Mayer, S.R. Scully, B.E. Hardin, M.W. Rowell, M.D. McGehee, Materials Today, 10 (2007) p. 28-33.
S.R. Scully, P. B. Armstrong, C. Edder, J.M.J. Frechet, and M.D. McGehee, Advanced Materials 19 (2007) p. 2961-6.
S. R. Scully, M. D. McGehee. Effects of optical interference and energy transfer on exciton diffusion length measurements in organic semiconductors. J. Appl. Phys. 100, 034907 (2006)

Updated September 2009