Simon Dowland

TL;DR: Hybrid metal sulfide/polymer solar cell active layers are fabricated employing an approach based upon the in-situ thermal decomposition of a single source metal xanthate precursor in a semiconducting polymer film, demonstrating the potential of such nanocomposite films for photovoltaic device applications.

TL;DR: Extension of the theoretical analysis to almost ten thousand candidates reveals an unprecedented degree of tuneability and several thousand potential fission-capable candidates, whilst clearly demonstrating the relationship between triplet aromaticity and singlet-triplet energy gap, confirming this novel strategy for manipulating the exchange energy in organic materials.

TL;DR: In this article, an investigation on accelerated temperature and moisture long-term stability testing (>20 000 h) of inverted and glass-encapsulated poly(3-hexylthiophene)/phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester solar cells is presented.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that blend films containing poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) and in situ grown CdS display a greater yield of photogenerated charges than a blend containing an equivalent amount of pre-synthesised C dS quantum dots, and it is shown that the greater charge yield in the in situ growing films leads to an improvement in device efficiency.

TL;DR: The results establish the solution-based bulk SF-PM system as a simple and highly tunable platform to understand the dynamics of a triplet energy transfer process between organic semiconductors and QDs, one that can provide clear design rules for new materials.