@article{ravishankar_charles_xiong_henry_swift_rech_calero_cho_booth_kim_et al._2021, title={Balancing crop production and energy harvesting in organic solar-powered greenhouses}, volume={2}, ISSN={["2666-3864"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100381}, abstractNote={Adding semitransparent organic solar cells (ST-OSCs) to a greenhouse structure enables simultaneous plant cultivation and electricity generation, thereby reducing the greenhouse energy demand. However, there is a need to establish the impact of such systems on plant growth and indoor climate and to optimize system tradeoffs. In this work, we consider plant growth under OSCs and system-relevant design. We evaluate the growth of red leaf lettuce under ST-OSC filters and compare the impact of three different OSC active layers that have unique transmittance. We find no significant differences in the fresh weight and chlorophyll content of the lettuce grown under these OSC filters. In addition, OSCs provide an opportunity for further light and thermal management of the greenhouse through device design and optical coatings. The OSCs can thus affect plant growth, power generation, and thermal load of the greenhouse, and this design trade space is reviewed and exemplified.}, number={3}, journal={CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ravishankar, Eshwar and Charles, Melodi and Xiong, Yuan and Henry, Reece and Swift, Jennifer and Rech, Jeromy and Calero, John and Cho, Sam and Booth, Ronald E. and Kim, Taesoo and et al.}, year={2021}, month={Mar} } @article{ho_kim_xiong_firdaus_yi_dong_rech_gadisa_booth_brendan t. o'connor_et al._2020, title={High-Performance Tandem Organic Solar Cells Using HSolar as the Interconnecting Layer}, volume={10}, ISSN={["1614-6840"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202000823}, DOI={10.1002/aenm.202000823}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={25}, journal={ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Ho, Carr Hoi Yi and Kim, Taesoo and Xiong, Yuan and Firdaus, Yuliar and Yi, Xueping and Dong, Qi and Rech, Jeromy J. and Gadisa, Abay and Booth, Ronald and Brendan T. O'Connor and et al.}, year={2020}, month={Jul} } @article{ye_li_liu_zhang_ghasemi_xiong_hou_ade_2019, title={Quenching to the Percolation Threshold in Organic Solar Cells}, volume={3}, ISSN={["2542-4351"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.11.006}, DOI={10.1016/j.joule.2018.11.006}, abstractNote={The general lack of knowing the quench depth and the convolution with key kinetic factors has confounded deeper understanding of the respective importance of these factors in the morphology development of organic solar cells. Here, we determine the quench depth of a high-efficiency system and delineate the need to kinetically quench the mixed domains to a composition close to the percolation threshold. Importantly, the ability to achieve such a quench is very sensitive to structural parameters in polymer solar cells (PSCs) of the polymer PBDB-TF. Only the highest-molecular-weight polymer is able of earlier liquid-solid transition to “lock in” a high-performing PSC morphology with a composition above the miscibility limit and with an efficiency of over 13%. Systems with deep quench depths are therefore sensitive to molecular weight and the kinetic factors of the casting, likely impacting fabrication yield and reliability. They also need to be vitrified for stable performance.}, number={2}, journal={JOULE}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ye, Long and Li, Sunsun and Liu, Xiaoyu and Zhang, Shaoqing and Ghasemi, Masoud and Xiong, Yuan and Hou, Jianhui and Ade, Harald}, year={2019}, month={Feb}, pages={443–458} } @article{ye_xiong_chen_zhang_fei_henry_heeney_o’connor_you_ade_et al._2019, title={Sequential Deposition of Organic Films with Eco-Compatible Solvents Improves Performance and Enables Over 12%-Efficiency Nonfullerene Solar Cells}, volume={31}, ISSN={["1521-4095"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201808153}, DOI={10.1002/adma.201808153}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={17}, journal={ADVANCED MATERIALS}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Ye, Long and Xiong, Yuan and Chen, Zheng and Zhang, Qianqian and Fei, Zhuping and Henry, Reece and Heeney, Martin and O’Connor, Brendan T. and You, Wei and Ade, Harald and et al.}, year={2019}, month={Apr} } @article{xiong_ye_gadisa_zhang_rech_you_ade_2018, title={Revealing the Impact of F4-TCNQ as Additive on Morphology and Performance of High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells}, volume={29}, ISSN={1616-301X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ADFM.201806262}, DOI={10.1002/adfm.201806262}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={Advanced Functional Materials}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Xiong, Yuan and Ye, Long and Gadisa, Abay and Zhang, Qianqian and Rech, Jeromy James and You, Wei and Ade, Harald}, year={2018}, month={Nov}, pages={1806262} } @article{sen_xiong_zhang_park_you_ade_kudenov_brendan t. o'connor_2018, title={Shear-Enhanced Transfer Printing of Conducting Polymer Thin Films}, volume={10}, ISSN={["1944-8244"]}, DOI={10.1021/acsami.8b09968}, abstractNote={Polymer conductors that are solution-processable provide an opportunity to realize low-cost organic electronics. However, coating sequential layers can be hindered by poor surface wetting or dissolution of underlying layers. This has led to the use of transfer printing where solid film inks are transferred from a donor substrate to partially fabricated devices using a stamp. This approach typically requires favorable adhesion differences between the stamp, ink, and receiving substrate. Here, we present a shear-assisted organic printing (SHARP) technique that employs a shear load on a post-less polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer stamp to print large-area polymer films that can overcome large unfavorable adhesion differences between the stamp and receiving substrate. We explore the limits of this process by transfer printing poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) films with varied formulation that tune the adhesive fracture energy. Using this platform, we show that the SHARP process is able to overcome a 10-fold unfavorable adhesion differential without the use of a patterned PDMS stamp, enabling large-area printing. The SHARP approach is then used to print PEDOT:PSS films in the fabrication of high-performance semitransparent organic solar cells.}, number={37}, journal={ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES}, author={Sen, Pratik and Xiong, Yuan and Zhang, Qanqian and Park, Sungjune and You, Wei and Ade, Harald and Kudenov, Michael W. and Brendan T. O'Connor}, year={2018}, month={Sep}, pages={31560–31567} } @article{ye_xiong_zhang_li_wang_jiang_hou_you_ade_2018, title={Surpassing 10% efficiency benchmark for nonfullerene organic solar cells by scalable coating in air from single nonhalogenated solvent}, volume={30}, DOI={10.1002/adma.201870054}, abstractNote={Realizing over 10% efficiency in printed organic solar cells via scalable materials and less toxic solvents remains a grand challenge. In article number 1705485, Harald Ade and co-workers report chlorine-free, in-air blade-coating of a new photoactive combination, FTAZ:IT-M, which is able to yield an efficiency of nearly 11%, despite a high humidity of ≈50%.}, number={8}, journal={Advanced Materials}, author={Ye, Long and Xiong, Y. and Zhang, Q. Q. and Li, S. S. and Wang, C. and Jiang, Z. and Hou, J. H. and You, W. and Ade, H.}, year={2018} } @article{ye_xiong_li_ghasemi_balar_turner_gadisa_hou_o’connor_ade_et al._2017, title={Precise Manipulation of Multilength Scale Morphology and Its Influence on Eco-Friendly Printed All-Polymer Solar Cells}, volume={27}, ISSN={1616-301X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ADFM.201702016}, DOI={10.1002/adfm.201702016}, abstractNote={Significant efforts have lead to demonstrations of nonfullerene solar cells (NFSCs) with record power conversion efficiency up to ≈13% for polymer:small molecule blends and ≈9% for all‐polymer blends. However, the control of morphology in NFSCs based on polymer blends is very challenging and a key obstacle to pushing this technology to eventual commercialization. The relations between phases at various length scales and photovoltaic parameters of all‐polymer bulk‐heterojunctions remain poorly understood and seldom explored. Here, precise control over a multilength scale morphology and photovoltaic performance are demonstrated by simply altering the concentration of a green solvent additive used in blade‐coated films. Resonant soft X‐ray scattering is used to elucidate the multiphasic morphology of these printed all‐polymeric films and complements with the use of grazing incidence wide‐angle X‐ray scattering and in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry characterizations to correlate the morphology parameters at different length scales to the device performance metrics. Benefiting from the highest relative volume fraction of small domains, additive‐free solar cells show the best device performance, strengthening the advantage of single benign solvent approach. This study also highlights the importance of high volume fraction of smallest domains in printed NFSCs and organic solar cells in general.}, number={33}, journal={Advanced Functional Materials}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Ye, Long and Xiong, Yuan and Li, Sunsun and Ghasemi, Masoud and Balar, Nrup and Turner, Johnathan and Gadisa, Abay and Hou, Jianhui and O’Connor, Brendan T. and Ade, Harald and et al.}, year={2017}, month={Jul}, pages={1702016} } @article{ye_xiong_yao_dinku_zhang_li_ghasemi_balar_hunt_o'connor_et al._2016, title={High Performance Organic Solar Cells Processed by Blade Coating in Air from a Benign Food Additive Solution}, volume={28}, ISSN={0897-4756 1520-5002}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ACS.CHEMMATER.6B03083}, DOI={10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03083}, abstractNote={Solution processable conjugated organic materials have gained tremendous interest motivated by their potential of low cost, lightweight and especially easy manufacturing of large-area and flexible electronics. Toxic halogen-containing solvents have been widely used in the processing of organic electronics, particularly organic photovoltaics (OPVs). To transition this technology to more commercially attractive manufacturing approaches, removing these halogenated solvents remains one of the key challenges. Our morphological (hard/soft X-ray scattering) and calorimetric characterizations reveal that using o-methylanisole, a certified food additive, as processing solvent can achieve similar crystalline properties and domain spacing/purity with that achieved by widely used binary halogenated solvents (chlorobenzene and 1,8-diiodooctane), thus yielding comparable photovoltaic performance in spin-casted films. To move a step forward, we further present the potential of o-methylanisole as processing solvent in th...}, number={20}, journal={Chemistry of Materials}, publisher={Link}, author={Ye, L. and Xiong, Y. and Yao, H. and Dinku, A.G. and Zhang, H. and Li, S. and Ghasemi, M. and Balar, N. and Hunt, A. and O'Connor, B.T. and et al.}, year={2016}, pages={7451–7458} }