Development of N- and P- Types of Semiconducting Polymers

Abstract

In the past three years, our research project sponsored by AFOSR has been focused on developing low bandgap semiconducting polymers as both the donor and acceptor materials for BHJ solar cells. Research effort were also devoted to establish structure-property relationship and develop approaches to optimize light harvest, charge separation and charge collection, thus the overall power conversion efficiency (PCE). We have made very important contributions to the field and developed a series of new semiconducting polymers for highly efficient ternary polymer solar cells. We also discovered cooperative plasmonic effect of dual precious metal nanoparticles in enhancing PCE of BHJ solar cells. Multiwall carbon nanowire were introduced to significantly enhance the charge collection. These results have had significant impact to the area. Several polymers developed in our lab are now widely investigated around world. Seven of the papers published are highly cited as indicated by SCI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 2015
Accession Number
ADA615267

Entities

People

  • Luping Yu

Organizations

  • University of Chicago

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Transfer
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Nanocomposites
  • Nanoparticles
  • Polymer Solar Cells
  • Polymeric Films
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Quantum Yields
  • Scattering
  • Solar Cells

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology