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Professor Chris Groves' Outputs (6)

Influence of annealing and interfacial roughness on the performance of bilayer donor/acceptor polymer photovoltaic devices (2010)
Journal Article
Yan, H., Swaraj, S., Wang, C., Hwang, I., Greenham, N., Groves, C., …McNeill, C. (2010). Influence of annealing and interfacial roughness on the performance of bilayer donor/acceptor polymer photovoltaic devices. Advanced Functional Materials, 20(24), 4329-4337. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201001292

Through controlled annealing of planar heterojunction (bilayer) devices based on the polyfluorene copolymers poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-bis(N,N′-(4,butylphenyl))bis(N,N′-phenyl-1,4-phenylene)diamine) (PFB) and poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadi... Read More about Influence of annealing and interfacial roughness on the performance of bilayer donor/acceptor polymer photovoltaic devices.

Simulation of loss mechanisms in organic solar cells: A description of the mesoscopic Monte Carlo technique and an evaluation of the first reaction method (2010)
Journal Article
Groves, C., Kimber, R., & Walker, A. (2010). Simulation of loss mechanisms in organic solar cells: A description of the mesoscopic Monte Carlo technique and an evaluation of the first reaction method. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 133(14), Article 144110. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3483603

In this letter we evaluate the accuracy of the first reaction method (FRM) as commonly used to reduce the computational complexity of mesoscale Monte Carlo simulations of geminate recombination and the performance of organic photovoltaic devices. A w... Read More about Simulation of loss mechanisms in organic solar cells: A description of the mesoscopic Monte Carlo technique and an evaluation of the first reaction method.

New SPM techniques for analyzing OPV materials (2010)
Journal Article
Giridharagopal, R., Shao, G., Groves, C., & Ginger, D. (2010). New SPM techniques for analyzing OPV materials. Materials Today, 13(9), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1369-7021%2810%2970165-6

Organic solar cells hold promise as an economical means of harvesting solar energy due to their ease of production and processing. However, the efficiency of such organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices is currently below that required for widespread adop... Read More about New SPM techniques for analyzing OPV materials.

New scanning probe microscopy techniques for analyzing organic photovoltaic materials and devices (2010)
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Giridharagopal, R., Shao, G., Groves, C., & Ginger, D. (2010). New scanning probe microscopy techniques for analyzing organic photovoltaic materials and devices

Organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials are an emerging alternative technology for converting sunlight into electricity. OPVs are potentially inexpensive to process, highly scalable in terms of manufacturing, and compatible with mechanically flexible su... Read More about New scanning probe microscopy techniques for analyzing organic photovoltaic materials and devices.

Heterogeneity in Polymer Solar Cells: Local Morphology and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy (2010)
Journal Article
Groves, C., Reid, O., & Ginger, D. (2010). Heterogeneity in Polymer Solar Cells: Local Morphology and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy. Accounts of Chemical Research, 43(5), 612-620. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar900231q

The use of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) could reduce production costs for solar cells because these materials are solution processable and can be manufactured by roll-to-roll printing. The nanoscale texture, or film morphology, of the donor/acceptor... Read More about Heterogeneity in Polymer Solar Cells: Local Morphology and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy.