Blending of n‑type Semiconducting Polymer and PC₆₁BM for an Efficient Electron-Selective Material to Boost the Performance of the Planar Perovskite Solar Cell

The highly efficient CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite solar cell (PeSC) is simply achieved by employing a blended electron-transport layer (ETL) consisting of PC₆₁BM and P­(NDI2OD-T2). The high molecular weight of P­(NDI2OD-T2) allows for a thinned ETL with a uniform morphology that optimizes the PC₆₁BM ETL more effectively. As a result of this enhancement, the power conversion efficiency of a PC₆₁BM:P­(NDI2OD-T2)-based PeSC is 25% greater than that of the conventional PC₆₁BM based-PeSC; additionally, the incorporation of P­(NDI2OD-T2) into PC₆₁BM attenuates the dependence of the PeSC on the ETL-processing conditions regarding its performance. It is revealed that, in addition to the desirable n-type semiconducting characteristics of PC₆₁BM:P­(NDI2OD-T2)including a higher electron-mobility and a more-effective electron selectivity of a blended ETL for an efficient electron extractionthe superior performance of a PC₆₁BM:P­(NDI2OD-T2) device is the result of a thinned and uniformly covered ETL on the perovskite layer

Highly Efficient, Color-Reproducible Full-Color Electroluminescent Devices Based on Red/Green/Blue Quantum Dot-Mixed Multilayer

Over the past few years the performance of colloidal quantum dot-light-emitting diode (QLED) has been progressively improved. However, most of QLED work has been fulfilled in the form of monochromatic device, while full-color-enabling white QLED still remains nearly unexplored. Using red, green, and blue quantum dots (QDs), herein, we fabricate bichromatic and trichromatic QLEDs through sequential solution-processed deposition of poly(9-vinlycarbazole) (PVK) hole transport layer, two or three types of QDs-mixed multilayer, and ZnO nanoparticle electron transport layer. The relative electroluminescent (EL) spectral ratios of constituent QDs in the above multicolored devices are found to inevitably vary with applied bias, leading to the common observation of an increasing contribution of a higher-band gap QD EL over low-band gap one at a higher voltage. The white EL from a trichromatic device is resolved into its primary colors through combining with color filters, producing an exceptional color gamut of 126% relative to National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) color space that a <i>state-of-the-art</i> full-color organic LED counterpart cannot attain. Our trichromatic white QLED also displays the record-high EL performance such as the peak values of 23 352 cd/m² in luminance, 21.8 cd/A in current efficiency, and 10.9% in external quantum efficiency

Palladium-Decorated Hydrogen-Gas Sensors Using Periodically Aligned Graphene Nanoribbons

Polymer residue-free graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) of 200 nm width at 1 μm pitch were periodically generated in an area of 1 cm² via laser interference lithography using a chromium interlayer prior to photoresist coating. High-quality GNRs were evidenced by atomic force microscopy, micro-Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. Palladium nanoparticles were then deposited on the GNRs as catalysts for sensing hydrogen gases, and the GNR array was utilized as an electrically conductive path with less electrical noise. The palladium-decorated GNR array exhibited a rectangular sensing curve with unprecedented rapid response and recovery properties: 90% response within 60 s at 1000 ppm and 80% recovery within 90 s in nitrogen ambient. In addition, reliable and repeatable sensing behaviors were revealed when the array was exposed to various gas concentrations even at 30 ppm