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Investigation of short-term stability in high efficiency polymer : nonfullerene solar cells via quick current-voltage cycling method
The short-term stability of high efficiency polymer : nonfullerene solar cells was investigated by employing a quick (ten cycles) current density-voltage (J-V) cycling method. Polymer : nonfullerene solar cell...
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Open AccessUltrasensitive Multi-Functional Flexible Sensors Based on Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Sensing Layers
Ultrasensitive flexible sensors with multi-sensing functions are required for various applications in flexible electronics era. Here we demonstrate flexible polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)-integrated-o...
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Open AccessPolymer Nanodot-Hybridized Alkyl Silicon Oxide Nanostructures for Organic Memory Transistors with Outstanding High-Temperature Operation Stability
Organic memory devices (OMDs) are becoming more important as a core component in flexible electronics era because of their huge potentials for ultrathin, lightweight and flexible plastic memory modules. In par...
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Open AccessAcidity-Controlled Conducting Polymer Films for Organic Thermoelectric Devices with Horizontal and Vertical Architectures
Organic thermoelectric devices (OTEDs) are recognized one of the next generation energy conversion platforms because of their huge potentials for securing electricity continuously from even tiny heat sources i...
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Open AccessStrong molecular weight effects of gate-insulating memory polymers in low-voltage organic nonvolatile memory transistors with outstanding retention characteristics
Organic nonvolatile memory transistors, featuring low-voltage operation (⩽5 V) and high retention characteristics (>10 000 cycles), are demonstrated by introducing high molecular weight poly(vinyl alcohol) (PV...
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Open AccessInverted polymer fullerene solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency with poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) nanodots on electron-collecting buffer layers
Polymer solar cells have been spotlighted due to their potential for low-cost manufacturing but their efficiency is still less than required for commercial application as lightweight/flexible modules. Forming ...
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Open AccessBroadband All-Polymer Phototransistors with Nanostructured Bulk Heterojunction Layers of NIR-Sensing n-Type and Visible Light-Sensing p-Type Polymers
We report ‘broadband light-sensing’ all-polymer phototransistors with the nanostructured bulk heterojunction (BHJ) layers of visible (VIS) light-sensing electron-donating (p-type) polymer and near infrared (NIR) ...
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Effect of halogen-terminated additives on the performance and the nanostructure of all-polymer solar cells
Here, we report the influence of halogen-terminated additives on the performance and the nanostructure of all-polymer solar cells that are made with bulk heterojunction (BHJ) films of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P...
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Organic solar cells based on conjugated polymers : History and recent advances
Organic solar cells have attracted huge attention because of their potential in the low-cost manufacturing of plastic solar modules featuring flexible, lightweight, ultrathin, rollable and bendable shapes. The...
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Influence of annealing temperature on the nanostructure and performance of polymer: Polymer solar cells
Here we report the influence of thermal annealing temperature on the nanostructure and the performance of polymer:polymer solar cells. The active layer was prepared with bulk heterojunction (BHJ) films of poly...
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Open AccessLiquid Crystal-on-Organic Field-Effect Transistor Sensory Devices for Perceptive Sensing of Ultralow Intensity Gas Flow Touch
We demonstrate liquid crystal-on-organic field-effect transistor (LC-on-OFET) sensory devices that can perceptively sense ultralow level gas flows. The LC-on-OFET devices were fabricated by mounting LC molecul...
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Open AccessOrganic nonvolatile memory transistors with self-doped polymer energy well structures
Develo** organic nonvolatile memory devices with a writing/reading/erasing logic function in actual array structures is extremely important for realizing low-cost lightweight/flexible plastic electronic syst...
