Current OPV Research Directions

Discotic Mesophase Materials

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Another kind of thalocyanine that is solution processable form molecules that self-organize into columnar stacks. This the kind of configuration that makes molecules good light absorbers and good conductors.

An AFM visualization of sheets discotic materials that have been deposited on a single crystal substrate.

Dendritic Polymers

Dendritic polymers create a spiky surface which may be able to be combined with an suitable electron acceptor layer to form a finely organized heterojunction.

Nanoparticles