Degradation of a Thin Ag Layer Induced by Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Polystyrene Sulfonate in a Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimen of an Inverted Polymer Solar Cell

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 5118-5124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngjoon Suh ◽  
Ning Lu ◽  
Sang H. Lee ◽  
Won-Suk Chung ◽  
Kyungkon Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Polymer Solar Cell ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy Specimen ◽  
Polystyrene Sulfonate ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Inverted Polymer Solar Cell

scholarly journals Interlayer Microstructure Analysis of the Transition Zone in the Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6819
Author(s):  
Grażyna Kulesza-Matlak ◽  
Kazimierz Drabczyk ◽  
Anna Sypień ◽  
Agnieszka Pająk ◽  
Łukasz Major ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Transition Zone ◽  
Porous Layer ◽  
Perovskite Layer ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Highly Porous ◽  
Made In

The aim of the paper was to determine the morphology of the layers and the microstructure of the transition zone present in the proposed tandem solar structure. The bottom-silicon solar cell plays a double role: first as a highly porous non-reflecting material, and second as a scaffold for top-perovskite cell. In the presented solution, the use of a porous layer made of (e.g., TiO2) is excluded in favor of chemically etched wires on the silicon surface. The porous layer of silicon consists of nano- and microwires etched with metal assisted etching (MAE). The perovskite layer is introduced by a two-step chemical method into the spaces between the wires to fully fill them and intentionally form an additional capping layer at the same time. To examine the structure made in this way, advanced microscopic methods were used including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), also in high resolution.

scholarly journals Polyelectrolyte-Stabilised Magnetic-Plasmonic Nanocomposites

Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1044
Author(s):  
Shelley Stafford ◽  
Coralie Garnier ◽  
Yurii Gun’ko
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Nanocomposite Materials ◽  
Biological Applications ◽  
Polystyrene Sulfonate ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Vis Spectroscopy ◽  
Allylamine Hydrochloride ◽  
Plasmonic Nanocomposite ◽  
Positively Charged

In this work, new magnetic-plasmonic nanocomposites have been developed through the use of two complementary polyelectrolytes–polystyrene sulfonate (PSS) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH). PSS, a negatively charged polyelectrolyte, was utilized as a stabiliser for magnetite nanoparticles, and PAH, a positively charged polyelectrolyte, was used to stabilize gold nanoparticles. The combination of these two entities resulted in a magnetic-plasmonic nanocomposite that is highly reproducible and scalable. This approach was found to work for a variety of PSS concentrations. The produced magnetic-plasmonic nanomaterials have been characterized by vibrational sample magnetometry (VSM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-Vis spectroscopy. These nanocomposite materials have the potential to be used in a variety of biological applications including bioseparation and biosensing.

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