Tuning the Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of Donor-Acceptor-Donor Oligomers via Mutual X-Bonding, H-Bonding, and π-π Interactions

10.1039/C8TC00074C

2018-04-11

Presented are design strategies towards hierarchically assembling a C2-symmetric π-conjugated oligomer (DAD-XB-Boc) based on a donor-acceptor-donor motif through hydrogen bonding (HB), halogen bonding (XB), and π-stacking interactions. Upon co-crystallization...

Evolution of short- and medium-range order in melt-quenching amorphization of Ge2Sb2Te5

10.1039/C8TC00549D

2018-04-11

Phase-change memory takes advantage of fast phase transition between amorphous and crystalline phases of the phase-change materials (e.g., Ge2Sb2Te5 or GST). To date, while the “SET” process (crystallization of GST glass) has been intensively studied, studies...

Organic-inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Quantum Dots for Light-Emitting Diodes

10.1039/C8TC01214H

2018-04-11

Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIP, CH3NH3PbX3, X = Cl, Br, or I) quantum dots (QDs) with superior optoelectronic properties, including bright, colour-tunable, narrow-band photoluminescence and a high photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQY), are reg...

Large-scale synthesis of 2D metal dichalcogenides

10.1039/C8TC00620B

2018-04-11

In recent years, 2D metal dichalcogenides (2DMDs, MX2: M = Mo, W, Re, Nb; X = S, Se, Te, etc.) have intrigued significant attention due to diverse properties such as tunable bandgaps, valley polarization, showing highly promising applications in electronics a...

Low-temperature fabrication of solution-processed hafnium oxide gate insulator using thermally purified solution process

10.1039/C8TC00899J

2018-04-11

We proposed a simple method, thermally purified solution (TPS) process, to lower the fabrication temperature of solution-processed hafnium oxide (HfOx) gate insulator films. The TPS process is proceeded by transferring thermal energy to the HfOx precursor sol...

Elucidating the Key Role of Fluorine in Improving the Charge Mobility of Electron Acceptor for Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells by Multiscale Simulations

10.1039/C8TC01315B

2018-04-10

In the last decade, fluorination has been successfully applied to organic semiconductor materials, especially to donor or acceptor materials for non-fullerene organic solar cells (OSCs). Currently, the power conversion efficiency based on these fluorinated ma...

Metal free room temperature phosphorescence from molecular self-interaction in the solid state

10.1039/C8TC01007B

2018-04-09

Purely organic materials showing solid state room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) are receiving an ever growing interest due to their low toxicity, cost and environmental load with respect to their organometallic counterparts. In addition, specific features...

Correction: An overview of metamaterials and their achievements in wireless power transfer

10.1039/C8TC90063A

2018-04-09

Correction for ‘An overview of metamaterials and their achievements in wireless power transfer’ by Kai Sun et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/c7tc03384b.

A Strategy for Efficient Triplet Utilization in Conventional Solution-processed Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes Using a Thermal Activated Delayed Fluorescence Polymer as an Assistant Host

10.1039/C8TC00587G

2018-04-06

Solution processed Ir(mPPy)3 based phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes (PhOLEDs) were fabricated, in which mCP and a TADF copolymer, COPO, were selected as host and assistant host components, respectively. The COPO has lower triplet energy and higher...

Interfacial electronic states and self-formed p–n junctions in hydrogenated MoS2/SiC heterostructure

10.1039/C8TC00742J

2018-04-05

It is difficult to generate p–n junctions in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) because of the great challenge of selective doping. First-principles calculations demonstrate that the electronic states in monolayer MoS2 could be substantia...