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- Zhang, Ben, et al.
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Rapid solidification for green-solvent-processed large-area organic solar modules with >16% efficiency
- 2024
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Ingår i: Energy & Environmental Science. - : ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY. - 1754-5692 .- 1754-5706.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Enabling green-solvent-processed large-area organic solar cells (OSCs) is of great significance to their industrialization. However, precisely controlling the temperature-dependent fluid mechanics and evaporation behavior of green solvents with high-boiling points is challenging. Controlling these parameters is essential to prevent the non-uniform distribution of active layer components and severe molecule aggregation, which collectively degrade the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of large-scale devices. In this study, we revealed that the temperature gradient distribution across a wet film is the root of the notorious Marangoni effect, which leads to the formation of a severely non-uniform active layer on a large scale. Thus, a rapid solidification strategy was proposed to accelerate the evaporation of toluene, a green solvent, at room temperature. This strategy simultaneously inhibits the Marangoni effect and suppresses molecular aggregation in the wet film, allowing the formation of a nano-scale phase separation active layer with uniform morphology. The resultant toluene-processed 15.64-cm2 large-area OSC module achieves an outstanding PCE of 16.03% (certified: 15.69%), which represents the highest reported PCE of green-solvent-processed OSC modules. Notably, this strategy also exhibits a weak scale dependence on the PCE, and we successfully achieved a state-of-the-art PCE of 14.45% for a 72.00-cm2 OSC module. A rapid solidification strategy was developed for simultaneously avoiding the Marangoni effect and suppressing molecular aggregation. The resultant 15.64 cm2 large-area OSC module exhibited a record power conversion efficiency of 16.03%.
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- Feng, Xingxing, et al.
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Numerical Study of Parallel Optoelectronic Reservoir Computing to Enhance Nonlinear Channel Equalization
- 2021
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Ingår i: Photonics. - : MDPI AG. - 2304-6732. ; 8:10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nonlinear impairment is one of the critical limits to enhancing the performance of high-speed communication systems. Traditional digital signal processing (DSP)-based nonlinear channel equalization schemes are influenced by limited bandwidth, high power consumption, and high processing latency. Optoelectronic reservoir computing (RC) is considered a promising optical signal processing (OSP) technique with merits such as large bandwidth, high power efficiency, and low training complexity. In this paper, optoelectronic RC was employed to solve the nonlinear channel equalization problem. A parallel optoelectronic RC scheme with a dual-polarization Mach-Zehnder modulator (DPol-MZM) is proposed and demonstrated numerically. The nonlinear channel equalization performance was greatly enhanced compared with the traditional optoelectronic RC and the Volterra-based nonlinear DSP schemes. In addition, the system efficiency was improved with a single DPol-MZM.
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- Feng, Xingxing, et al.
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The Parallel Optoelectronic Reservoir Computing Based Nonlinear Channel Equalization
- 2021
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Ingår i: 2021 Optoelectronics Global Conference, OGC 2021. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). ; , s. 230-234
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The optoelectronic reservoir computing (RC) is considered as a promising optical signal processing technique for nonlinear channel equalization. In this paper, a parallel optoelectronic RC scheme with a dual-polarization Mach- Zehnder modulator (DPol-MZM) is proposed and demonstrated numerically. The nonlinear channel equalization performance is greatly enhanced compared with the traditional optoelectronic RC scheme and Volterra-based DSP scheme, since the nonlinear dynamics of RC are enriched from the dual-polarization methodology. Besides, the system efficiency is improved with a single DPol-MZM.
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