US-Australia Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics (Photovoltaics Collaboration)

Printing-friendly sequential deposition via intra-additive approach for roll-to-roll process of perovskite solar cells

YJ Heo, JE Kim, H Weerasinghe, D Angmo, T Qin, K Sears, K Hwang, YS Jung, J Subbiah, DJ Jones, M Gao, DY Kim, D Vak

2017-11-01

We report organic cation additives in lead iodide solutions as a practical approach for roll-to-roll production of perovskite sola..

Highly fluorescent molecularly insulated perylene diimides: Effect of concentration on photophysical properties

B Zhang, H Soleimaninejad, DJ Jones, JM White, KP Ghiggino, TA Smith, WWH Wong

2017-10-10

A series of four perylene diimide (PDI) chromophores were prepared with increasing steric bulk on the imide substituents with the ..

Morphological and Device Evaluation of an Amphiphilic Block Copolymer for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

VD Mitchell, E Gann, S Huettner, CR Singh, J Subbiah, L Thomsen, CR McNeill, M Thelakkat, DJ Jones

2017-07-11

We report the morphological and photovoltaic evaluation of a novel fully conjugated donor/acceptor block copolymer system based on..

A Green Route to Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Interlayers for High-Performance Solar Cells

Jegadesan Subbiah, Valerie D Mitchell, Nicholas KC Hui, David J Jones, Wallace WH Wong

2017-07-10

Synthesis of fluorene‐based conjugated polyelectrolytes was achieved via Suzuki polycondensation in water and completely open to a..

A Green Route to Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Interlayers for High‐Performance Solar Cells

Jegadesan Subbiah, Valerie D Mitchell, Nicholas KC Hui, David J Jones, Wallace WH Wong

2017-07-10

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Synthesis of fluorene‐based conjugated polyelectrolytes was achieved via Suzuki polyconde..

Emissive Molecular Aggregates and Energy Migration in Luminescent Solar Concentrators

James L Banal, Bolong Zhang, David J Jones, Kenneth P Ghiggino, Wallace WH Wong

2017-01-17

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are light harvesting devices that are ideally suited to light collection in the urban envir..

Continuous Flow Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers and Carbon Materials

V Mitchell, W Wong

2017-01-01

This chapter reviews and discusses the continuous flow synthesis of conjugated polymers and carbon materials. Using a commercial f..

The synthesis and purification of amphiphilic conjugated donor-acceptor block copolymers

VD Mitchell, WWH Wong, M Thelakkat, DJ Jones

2017-01-01

Nanoscale domains of donor and acceptor materials are crucial for charge generation in organic photovoltaic devices. These domains..

Reduced Recombination in High Efficiency Molecular Nematic Liquid Crystalline: Fullerene Solar Cells

A Armin, J Subbiah, M Stolterfoht, S Shoaee, Z Xiao, S Lu, DJ Jones, P Meredith

2016-11-23

Bimolecular recombination in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells is the process by which nongeminate photogenerated free carri..

Morphology changes in bulk donor–acceptor poly(benzodithiophene-benzotriazole) after post-treatment

W Zajaczkowski, T Marszalek, WWH Wong, W Pisula

2016-11-15

The bulk order in donor–acceptor poly(benzodithiophene-benzotriazole) was improved by two different post-treatment procedures appl..

High performance p-type molecular electron donors for OPV applications via alkylthiophene catenation chromophore extension

PB Geraghty, C Lee, J Subbiah, WWH Wong, JL Banal, MA Jameel, TA Smith, DJ Jones

2016-11-02

The synthesis of key 4-alkyl-substituted 5-(trimethylsilyl)thiophene-2-boronic acid pinacol esters 3 allowed a simplified alkylthi..

Suppressing Subnanosecond Bimolecular Charge Recombination in a High-Performance Organic Photovoltaic Material

KN Schwarz, PB Geraghty, DJ Jones, TA Smith, KP Ghiggino

2016-10-27

Nanoscale morphology and spin can have a significant impact on charge generation and short time scale recombination in organic pho..

Energy Migration in Organic Solar Concentrators with a Molecularly Insulated Perylene Diimide

JL Banal, H Soleimaninejad, FM Jradi, M Liu, JM White, AW Blakers, MW Cooper, DJ Jones, KP Ghiggino, SR Marder, TA Smith, WWH Wong

2016-06-23

Maintaining high incident light absorption while minimizing luminescence reabsorption is a key challenge for organic luminescent s..

Development of a High-Performance Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymer: Synergy in Materials and Device Optimization

M Gao, J Subbiah, PB Geraghty, M Chen, B Purushothaman, X Chen, T Qin, D Vak, FH Scholes, SE Watkins, M Skidmore, GJ Wilson, AB Holmes, DJ Jones, WWH Wong

2016-05-24

The development of a high-performance polymer PBDT-BT for bulk heterojunction solar cell devices is summarized. The polymer was fi..

Separation and identification of indene-C70 bisadduct isomers

B Zhang, J Subbiah, DJ Jones, WWH Wong

2016-05-06

Following an initial work on the isolation of a single geometric isomer from an indene-C<inf>70</inf> bisadduct (IC<inf>70</inf>BA..

Controlled synthesis of well-defined semiconducting brush polymers

D Van As, J Subbiah, DJ Jones, WWH Wong

2016-02-01

Well-defined semiconducting bottlebrush polymers are prepared using controlled polymerization methods. The electron donor semicond..

Morphological Evolution and Singlet Fission in Aqueous Suspensions of TIPS-Pentacene Nanoparticles

MJY Tayebjee, KN Schwarz, RW MacQueen, M Dvořák, AWC Lam, KP Ghiggino, DR McCamey, TW Schmidt, GJ Conibeer

2016-01-21

We report the observation of singlet fission in aqueous suspensions of 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene (TIPS-Pn) nano..

An overview of the Australian centre for advanced photovoltaics and the Australia-us institute for advanced photovoltaics

R Corkish, MA Green, AW Blakers, PL Burn, YB Cheng, R Egan, KP Ghiggino, P Meredith, FH Scholes, G Wilson

2016-01-01

The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (AC'AP) co-ordinates the activities of the six Australian research institutions a..

Film morphology evolution during solvent vapor annealing of highly efficient small molecule donor/acceptor blends

S Engmann, HW Ro, A Herzing, CR Snyder, LJ Richter, PB Geraghty, DJ Jones

2016-01-01

Solution-processable small molecule photovoltaics based on the novel molecular donor, benzodithiophene terthiophene rhodanine (BTR..

Fullerene peapod nanoparticles as an organic semiconductor-electrode interface layer

JM Ren, J Subbiah, B Zhang, K Ishitake, K Satoh, M Kamigaito, GG Qiao, EHH Wong, WWH Wong

2016-01-01

A syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) bottlebrush polymer has been shown to complex with C<inf>60</inf> fullerene and assemble ..

Organic Photovoltaic Materials - Design, Synthesis and Scale-Up

WWH Wong, JL Banal, PB Geraghty, Q Hong, B Zhang, AB Holmes, DJ Jones

2015-12-01

This account describes the work of our group in the area of organic photovoltaics in the past six years. The emphasis is on our ex..

A Transparent Planar Concentrator Using Aggregates of gem-Pyrene Ethenes

JL Banal, JM White, TW Lam, AW Blakers, KP Ghiggino, WWH Wong

2015-10-01

The luminescence properties of pyrene ethenes, both as monomer and aggregate species, are found to depend on the regioisomer struc..

Ultrafast Fabrication of Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Ultrasonic Spray-Coating Technology

HG Han, HC Weerasinghe, K Min Kim, J Soo Kim, YB Cheng, DJ Jones, AB Holmes, TH Kwon

2015-09-30

This study investigates novel deposition techniques for the preparation of TiO 2 electrodes for use in flexible dye-sensitized sol..

Enabling high-mobility, ambipolar charge-transport in a DPP-benzotriazole copolymer by side-chain engineering

M Gruber, SH Jung, S Schott, D Venkateshvaran, AJ Kronemeijer, JW Andreasen, CR McNeill, WWH Wong, M Shahid, M Heeney, JK Lee, H Sirringhaus

2015-08-12

In this article we discuss the synthesis of four new low band-gap co-polymers based on the diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) and benzotri..

Charge transfer in single chains of a donor-acceptor conjugated tri-block copolymer

EN Hooley, DJ Jones, NC Greenham, KP Ghiggino, TDM Bell

2015-06-18

The photophysics of a conjugated triblock copolymer comprising poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-bis-N,N′-(4-methylphenyl)-bis-N,N′-phen..

One-pot selective synthesis of a fullerene bisadduct for organic solar cell applications

B Zhang, J Subbiah, YY Lai, JM White, DJ Jones, WWH Wong

2015-06-18

A single isomer of fullerene bisadduct, PC<inf>61</inf>PF, was obtained from commercially available fullerene derivative, PC<inf>6..

Effect of molecular weight on the properties and organic solar cell device performance of a donor-acceptor conjugated polymer

Z Xiao, K Sun, J Subbiah, T Qin, S Lu, B Purushothaman, DJ Jones, AB Holmes, WWH Wong

2015-03-28

Donor-acceptor conjugated polymers with 2-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-hexyl thienyl substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene (BDT) as donor..

Electroactive and photoactive poly[isoindigo-alt-EDOT] synthesized using direct (hetero)arylation polymerization in batch and in continuous flow

F Grenier, BR Aïch, YY Lai, M Guérette, AB Holmes, Y Tao, WWH Wong, M Leclerc

2015-03-24

In this work, a combined approach was used to obtain a low-cost material for organic electronics by focusing on inexpensive monome..

Toward large scale roll-to-roll production of fully printed perovskite solar cells

K Hwang, YS Jung, YJ Heo, FH Scholes, SE Watkins, J Subbiah, DJ Jones, DY Kim, D Vak

2015-02-18

(Figure Presented). Fully printed perovskite solar cells are demonstrated with slot-die coating, a scalable printing method. A seq..

Organic solar cells using a high-molecular-weight benzodithiophene-benzothiadiazole copolymer with an efficiency of 9.4%

J Subbiah, B Purushothaman, M Chen, T Qin, M Gao, D Vak, FH Scholes, X Chen, SE Watkins, GJ Wilson, AB Holmes, WWH Wong, DJ Jones

2015-01-27

(Graph Presented) A high molecular weight donor-acceptor conjugated polymer is synthesized using the Suzuki polycondensation metho..

Optically monitored spray coating system for the controlled deposition of the photoactive layer in organic solar cells

D Vak, J Van Embden, WWH Wong, S Watkins

2015-01-19

A spray deposition process equipped with an in situ optical thickness monitoring system has been developed to fabricate the photoa..

A molecular nematic liquid crystalline material for high-performance organic photovoltaics

K Sun, Z Xiao, S Lu, W Zajaczkowski, W Pisula, E Hanssen, JM White, RM Williamson, J Subbiah, J Ouyang, AB Holmes, WWH Wong, DJ Jones

2015-01-01

Solution-processed organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) hold great promise to enable roll-to-roll printing of environmentally friendl..

Influence of moisture out-gassing from encapsulant materials on the lifetime of organic solar cells

HC Weerasinghe, SE Watkins, N Duffy, DJ Jones, AD Scully

2015-01-01

The results of a study on the effects of encapsulant pre-conditioning (drying) on the durability of "conventional" and "inverted" ..

Regioselective synthesis of fullerene multiadducts via tether-directed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

B Zhang, JM White, DJ Jones, WWH Wong

2015-01-01

The regioselective synthesis of fullerene multiadducts was achieved from commercially available reagents in one pot over two steps..

Efficient light harvesting of a luminescent solar concentrator using excitation energy transfer from an aggregation-induced emitter

JL Banal, KP Ghiggino, WWH Wong

2014-11-05

The compromise between light absorption and reabsorption losses limits the potential light conversion efficiency of luminescent so..

Conjugated polymers for printed solar cells

Andrew B Holmes, David J Jones, Michael Klein, R John Kumar, Balaji Purushothaman, Ben Robotham, Helga Seyler, Jegadesan Subbiah, Wallace WH Wong, Zeyun Xiao, Bolong Zhang

2014-08-10

Hydrogen bonding in bulk heterojunction solar cells: A case study

Z Xiao, K Sun, J Subbiah, S Ji, DJ Jones, WWH Wong

2014-07-16

Small molecules with dithieno[3,2-b;2 €2,3 €2-d]thiophene as central building block and octyl cyanoacetate and octyl cyanoacetamid..

The role of solvent vapor annealing in highly efficient air-processed small molecule solar cells

K Sun, Z Xiao, E Hanssen, MFG Klein, HH Dam, M Pfaff, D Gerthsen, WWH Wong, DJ Jones

2014-06-28

We demonstrate highly-efficient, solution-processed small molecule solar cells with the best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ..

Concentrating aggregation-induced fluorescence in planar waveguides: A proof-of-principle

JL Banal, JM White, KP Ghiggino, WWH Wong

2014-04-10

The photophysical properties of fluorescent dyes are key determinants in the performance of luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs)..

Single isomer of indene-C70 bisadduct - Isolation and performance in bulk heterojunction solar cells

WWH Wong, J Subbiah, JM White, H Seyler, B Zhang, DJ Jones, AB Holmes

2014-02-25

Indene-C<inf>70</inf> bisadduct (IC<inf>70</inf>BA) is a high performance electron acceptor material consisting of a mixture of re..

Continuous assembly of polymers via solid phase reactions

E Nam, J Kim, SN Guntari, H Seyler, Q Fu, EHH Wong, A Blencowe, DJ Jones, F Caruso, GG Qiao

2014-01-01

The continuous assembly of polymers in the solid state via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ssCAP<inf>ROMP</inf>) is report..

Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of thieno[3,2-b]thiophenyl substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b ']dithiophene copolymers

Z Xiao, J Subbiah, K Sun, DJ Jones, AB Holmes, WWH Wong

2014-01-01

A new benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene (BDT) building block with 4,8-disubstitution using 2-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-hexylthieno[3,2-b]thiop..