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- Page 21 and 22: Chapter 1 Introduction to solution
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- Page 43 and 44: References [1] L. M. Chen, Z. R. Ho
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pure, nanocrystalline SQ film of a
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Table 2.1: Summary of solar cell ch
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Figure 2.6: Current density-Voltage
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The highest efficiencies (Fig. 2.8)
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Here, J s is the reverse saturation
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PC 70 BM and SQ across the waveleng
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lended films have a more uniform an
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Tantiwiwat, and T. Q. Nguyen, Adv.
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Chapter 3 Efficient and ordered squ
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determined using a variable angle a
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dichloromethane (DCM) solvent on in
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local organization of SQ thin films
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Figure 3.4: (a) External quantum ef
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the range of power intensities. In
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interdigitated BHJ characteristics
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References [1] D. Bagnis, L. Beveri
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Chapter 4 Solvent annealed nanocrys
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Figure 4.1:The XRD peaks for squara
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Figure 4.2: The effect of as-cast a
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TEM image shown in Fig. 4.3c is har
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Figure 4.5:The power conversion eff
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References [1] P. Peumans, S. Uchid
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1814(2005). [22] V. Shrotriya, G. L
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exciton dissociation at these inter
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Figure 5.1:(a) the squaraine/C 60 d
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A significant increase in V oc is o
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Figure 5.3: External quantum effici
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Figure 5.4: 3D atomic force microsc
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nanocrystalline growth as inferred
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References [1] T. Rousseau, A. Crav
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Chapter 6 Functionalized Squaraine
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6.2 Experiment of six squaraine/C 6
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6.3 Physical properties of six func
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Absorption coefficient (cm -1 ) 6.3
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π-stacked molecules (DPSQ) would b
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Figure 6.5: (a) Measured absorption
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Figure 6.6: Perspective atomic forc
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Current density (mA/cm 2 ) 20 15 On
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The FF versus incident power intens
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show defined spots, their intensity
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Current density (A/cm 2 ) phenyl gr
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Table 6.3: Performance of annealed
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References [1] C. V. Hoven, X. D. D
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Chapter 7 Conclusions and outlooks
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Figure 7.1: (a) Comparison of Curre
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size. This precise structural contr
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Figure 7.2: Absorption spectrum of
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Figure 7.3: Fill factor versus powe
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Figure 7.5: TEM image and selected
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7.2.4 Two squaraine donor blending
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7.2.5 Solvent annealing of function
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References [1] F. Yang, K. Sun, and
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second photon (~ 10 3 s -1 ), is ty
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e( x) Ec( x) n( x) Nc( x)exp kT
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Since the reverse saturation curren
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Here, is the quasi-Fermi-level spl
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then once again increases rapidly.
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Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 266
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L&M model, the limiting efficiency
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Appendix 3 List of Publications, Co
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1. Guodan Wei, Xin Xiao, Siyi Wang,
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circuit voltage using electron/hole