News

The Tim Jones group have collaborated with the Chris McConville group in physics to publish work in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C, exploring the optimisation of a solution processed vanadium oxide hole-extracting layer for use in organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells.

The article explores the most suitable preparation conditions for the high work function vanadium oxide layer. The optimised fabrication process was found to compare favourably to existing thermally evaporated metal oxide and other solution processed hole-extracting layers, for OPV structures containing both small molecule and polymer blend photo-active layers.

I. Hancox, L. A. Rochford, D. Clare, M. Walker, J. J. Mudd, P. Sullivan, S. Schumann, C. F. McConville, and T. S. Jones, Optimisation of a High Work Function Solution Processed Vanadium Oxide Hole-Extracting Layer for Small Molecule and Polymer Organic Photovoltaic Cells, J Phys Chem C, ASAP.