With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solve...With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solvents via spin-coating,posing a challenge for mass production.We study a low-cost polymer donor(PTQ10)and a nonfullerene acceptor(DTY6)in a halogen-free solvent using industrially relevant blade coating.The non-inverted architecture performed best,achieving 12%efficiency,with the blade-coating deposition surpassing spin-coating.Active layers processed from the two coating techniques exhibited similar exciton quenching,likely due to the same measured nanodomain size and purity.However,blade-coated devices exhibited a higher charge carrier lifetime correlated with increased acceptor pi-stacking despite decreased donor pi-stacking.This suggests that optimizing crystallinity in bladecoated devices could result in even higher performance.Additionally,high performance in upscaled blade-coated devices(1 cm2)processed in air with a green solvent demonstrated the industrial potential of this system.展开更多
A polymer blends containing thermoplastic polyurethane（TPU） and poly（lactic acid）（PLA） as a biomedical material were prepared by a process of modifying thermally induced phase separation（MTIPS） and melt blendi...A polymer blends containing thermoplastic polyurethane（TPU） and poly（lactic acid）（PLA） as a biomedical material were prepared by a process of modifying thermally induced phase separation（MTIPS） and melt blending.The influences of composition,shear frequency,and temperature on the rheological behaviors of the blends were investigated by small amplitude oscillatory shear rheology.The results revealed that the addition of TPU into PLA significantly decreased the non-Newtonian index of the blends,and increased the sensitivity of the blends on shear rate,suggesting that optimization of the shear rate and temperature could improve the flowability of the blend melts in the extrusion process.In addition,the results of SEM images revealed that TPU distributed well into PLA matrix and showed good compatibility between the TPU and PLA,which made the blends with good toughness.The primary cytocompatibility of the blends was evaluated using C2C12 cells.The results suggested that the TPU/PLA blends did not affect cell growth,showing no cytotoxicity.In short,the TPU/PLA blends with excellent toughness had potential application as biomedical devices.展开更多
基金the US National Science Foundation(NSF),Division of Materials Research,Electronic and Photonic Materials Program under grant#2247711support from the Bio Voltaico project n.A0613-2023-078175 of the POR FESR 2021/2027 Riposizionamento Competitivo RSI-Economia del Mare,Green Economy e Agrifood initiative,and Integrated Terrestrial And Non-Terrestrial Networks(ITANTN)project under the Research and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks,to make Italy more smart(RESTART)initiative of the PNRRsupported by the NSF Division of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates under grant#2349426。
文摘With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solvents via spin-coating,posing a challenge for mass production.We study a low-cost polymer donor(PTQ10)and a nonfullerene acceptor(DTY6)in a halogen-free solvent using industrially relevant blade coating.The non-inverted architecture performed best,achieving 12%efficiency,with the blade-coating deposition surpassing spin-coating.Active layers processed from the two coating techniques exhibited similar exciton quenching,likely due to the same measured nanodomain size and purity.However,blade-coated devices exhibited a higher charge carrier lifetime correlated with increased acceptor pi-stacking despite decreased donor pi-stacking.This suggests that optimizing crystallinity in bladecoated devices could result in even higher performance.Additionally,high performance in upscaled blade-coated devices(1 cm2)processed in air with a green solvent demonstrated the industrial potential of this system.
基金Funded by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(973 Program)(No.2012CB933600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81271705 and 83171383)the Major Program of Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai,China(No.12JC1416302)
文摘A polymer blends containing thermoplastic polyurethane（TPU） and poly（lactic acid）（PLA） as a biomedical material were prepared by a process of modifying thermally induced phase separation（MTIPS） and melt blending.The influences of composition,shear frequency,and temperature on the rheological behaviors of the blends were investigated by small amplitude oscillatory shear rheology.The results revealed that the addition of TPU into PLA significantly decreased the non-Newtonian index of the blends,and increased the sensitivity of the blends on shear rate,suggesting that optimization of the shear rate and temperature could improve the flowability of the blend melts in the extrusion process.In addition,the results of SEM images revealed that TPU distributed well into PLA matrix and showed good compatibility between the TPU and PLA,which made the blends with good toughness.The primary cytocompatibility of the blends was evaluated using C2C12 cells.The results suggested that the TPU/PLA blends did not affect cell growth,showing no cytotoxicity.In short,the TPU/PLA blends with excellent toughness had potential application as biomedical devices.
