Dr. Harald Ade

Department of Physics, Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University

Biography

​Dr. Harald Ade obtained his Ph.D. in physics from SUNY@Stony Brook in 1990 and held appointments at NCSU since 1992. He is currently Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor and leader of the Carbon Electronics cluster within the NCSU Chancellor Excellence Faculty Program. He is developing and using novel soft X-ray characterization tools, with a focus on the characterization of organic devices. His current interests focus on using thermodynamic concepts for quantitative-structure function relations and green solvent processing. H. Ade is recipient of several Awards and is a Fellow of the APS and the AAAS.

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Surpassing 10% Efficiency Benchmark for Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells by Scalable Coating in Air From Single Nonhalogenated Solvent
03:55 PM

The field of organic solar cells (OSCs) continues to grow rapidly as new non-fullerene small molecule acceptors are created to boost device efficiencies above 13% and with 15% in sight. The commercialization of nonfullerene OSCs relies critically on the response and lifetime under typical operating conditions (for instance, temperature, humidity) and the ability of scale-up fabrication in the cheapest and most benign way possible. Realizing high efficiency in printed nonfullerene OSCs via scalable materials and less toxic solvents remains a grand challenge, a challenge that is now timely to address as OSC efficiency in research devices has improved so much.

Dr. Harald Ade

Department of Physics, Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University

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