The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic active ink composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer comprising a copolymer of an olefin and acrylic acid and/or metacrylic acid; active photovoltaic material comprising electron donor material and electron acceptor material; a charge adjuvant, and a liquid carrier.

Provided herein are small molecular acceptor compounds containing thiophene end groups, methods for their preparation and intermediates used therein, the use of formulations containing the same as semiconductors in organic electronic devices, especially in organic photovoltaic and organic field-effect transistor devices, and to organic electronic and organic photovoltaic devices made from these formulations.

A PIN type infrared photodiode including a first electrode, a n-type semiconductor, an atomic layer deposition coating of lead sulfide, a p-type semiconductor and a second electrode, wherein the n-type semiconductor comprises nanowires conformally coated with the atomic layer deposition coating of lead sulfide.

The invention relates to methods for producing a light-absorbing material with a perovskite-like structure, and can be used to form a light-absorbing layer in the production of photovoltaic cells for saving the materials and increasing the allowable size of converters. These advantages are achieved by forming a uniform layer of component B on the substrate, preparing a mixture of reagents that react with component B under predetermined conditions, and a reaction inhibitor that suppresses this reaction under these conditions; the prepared mixture is applied in stoichiometric amount or greater than stoichiometric on the layer of component B and the reaction inhibitor is removed from the mixture, ensuring activation of the chemical reaction between the mixture of reagents and component B to form films of perovskite-like material.

Disclosed are a monolithic solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a monolithic solar cell including a first solar cell formed by sequentially stacking an electrode, a silicon substrate, and an n-type emitter layer; a junction layer formed on the an n-type emitter layer; an interfacial layer formed on the junction layer; and a second solar cell including a perovskite layer and integrated onto the interfacial layer. The interfacial layer according to the present invention may be pyrolyzed and thus partially or completely lost during a monolithic solar cell manufacturing process. In addition, by providing an interfacial layer between the two cells constituting a monolithic solar cell according to the present invention, charge transfer and recombination characteristics between the two cells can be improved and thus a monolithic solar cell having significantly improved photoelectric conversion efficiency can be provided.

A transparent photovoltaic cell is provided. The transparent photovoltaic cell includes a first visibly transparent electrode, a visibly transparent active layer including a light absorbing material that has a bandgap greater than or equal to about 2.75 eV, and a second visibly transparent electrode. The active layer is disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode. The transparent photovoltaic cell is visibly transparent.

The present invention relates to a semiconducting material comprising (i) a substantially covalent matrix material consisting of at least one substantially covalent matrix compound, (ii) at least one first metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and (iii) at least one second metal selected from the group consisting of Zn, Hg, Cd and Te, electronic devices comprising such materials and processes for preparing the same.

Narrow bandgap n-type small molecules are attracting attention in the near-infrared organic optoelectronics field, due to their easy tunable energy band with a molecular design flexibility. However, only a few reports demonstrate narrow bandgap non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) that perform well in organic solar cells (OSCs), and the corresponding benefits of NFA photodiodes have not been well investigated in organic photodetectors (OPDs). Here, the ultra-narrow bandgap NFAs CO1-4F, CO1-4Cl and o-IO1 were designed and synthesized for the achieved efficient near-infrared organic photodiodes such as solar cells and photodetectors. Designing an asymmetrical CO1-4F by introducing two different -bridges including alkylthienyl and alkoxythienyl units ultimately provides an asymmetric A-D-D-D-A molecular configuration. This enables a delicate modulation in energy band structure as well as maintains an intense intramolecular charge transfer characteristic of the excited state.

Various aspects of the present invention are directed to providing a perovskite solar cell, and has a technical feature in that excellent stability and high efficiency are simultaneously secured by using a solid solution having a specific composition as a light absorber.

A method for transferring an assembly of oriented nanowires from a fluid to a substrate surface, comprising: providing (FIG. 2A) a fluid to a container, said fluid comprising a first liquid (11), a second liquid (12) and a plurality of nanowires (25), wherein the first and second liquids phase separate into a sub phase, a top phase, and an interface (13) between the sub phase and the top phase; wherein the nanowires are functionalized to align vertically into a nanowire aggregate at the interface; wherein the fluid is provided with a substance in a composition configured to change the composition of the top phase or the composition of the sub phase to counteract bulging of the interface (FIG. 2B); and bringing the nanowire aggregate into contact with a substrate surface such that a majority of the nanowires are aligned with respect to each other on the substrate.