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Title
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nanoengineered energy harvesting and storage devices.
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Creator
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Li, Chao, Thomas, Jayan, Zhai, Lei, Yang, Yang, Gesquiere, Andre, Dong, Yajie, Sun, Wei, University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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Organic and perovskite solar cells have recently attracted significant attention due to itsflexibility, ease of fabrication and excellent performance. In order to realize even betterperformance for organic and perovskite solar cells, rejuvenated effort towards developingnanostructured electrodes and high quality active layer is necessary.In this dissertation, several strategic directions of enhancing the performance of organicand perovskite solar cells are investigated. An introduction and...
Show moreOrganic and perovskite solar cells have recently attracted significant attention due to itsflexibility, ease of fabrication and excellent performance. In order to realize even betterperformance for organic and perovskite solar cells, rejuvenated effort towards developingnanostructured electrodes and high quality active layer is necessary.In this dissertation, several strategic directions of enhancing the performance of organicand perovskite solar cells are investigated. An introduction and background of organic andperovskite solar cells, which includes motivation, classification and working principles,nanostructured electrode materials and solvent effect on active materials, and devices fabrication,are presented. A facile method, called Spin-on Nanoprinting (SNAP), to fabricate highly orderedZnO-AgNW-ZnO electrode is introduced to enhance the performance of organic solar cell.Subsequently, a ternary solvent method is developed to fabricate high Voc thieno[3,4-b]thiophene/benzodithiophene (PTB7) and indene-C60 bisadduct (ICBA)solar cells. Theperformance of the devices improved about 20% compared to those made by binary solventmethod. In order to understand the fundamental properties of the materials ruling theperformance of the PSCs tested, AFM-based nanoscale characterization techniques includingPulsed-Force-Mode AFM (PFM-AFM) and Mode-Synthesizing AFM (MSAFM) are introduced.These methods are used to study the morphology and physical properties of the structuresconstitutive of the active layers of the PSCs. Conductive-AFM (cAFM) studies reveal localvariations in conductivity in the donor and acceptor phases as well as an increase in photocurrentmeasured in the PTB7:ICBA sample obtained with the ternary solvent processing technique.Moreover, efficient perovskite solar cells with good transparency in the visible wavelength rangehave been developed by a facile and low-temperature PCBM-assisted perovskite growth method.This method results in the formation of perovskite-PCBM hybrid material at the grain boundaries which is observed by EELS mapping and confirmed by steady-state photoluminescence (PL)spectra and transient photocurrent (TP) measurements. This method involves fewer steps andtherefore is less expensive and time consuming than other reported methods. In addition, wereport an all solid state, energy harvesting and storing (ENHANS) filament which integratesperovskite solar cell (PSC) on top of a symmetric supercapacitor (SSC) via a copper filamentwhich works as a shared electrode for direct charge transfer. Developing ENHANS on a copperfilament provides a low-cost solution for flexible self-sufficient energy systems for wearablesand other portable devices. Finally, a summary of this dissertation as well as some potentialfuture directions are presented.
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Date Issued
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2016
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Identifier
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CFE0006693, ucf:51912
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006693
