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- Hu, Nan, et al.
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Photon-Counting LIDAR Based on a Fractal SNSPD
- 2021
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In: 2021 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION (OFC). - : IEEE.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report on a photon-counting LIDAR system based on a polarization-insensitive fractal SNSPD with high detection efficiency and high timing resolution, and showcase depth imaging of an object at 1560 nm with millimeter depth resolution.
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- Liu, L., et al.
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A Design of Smart Unmanned Vending Machine for New Retail Based on Binocular Camera and Machine Vision
- 2021
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In: IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 2162-2248 .- 2162-2256. ; , s. 1-1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The smart unmanned vending machine using machine vision technology suffers from the sharp decrease of detection accuracy due to the incomplete image collection of items by monocular camera in complex environment, and the lack of obvious features in dense stacking of items. In this paper, a binocular camera system is designed to effectively solve the problems of distortion and coverage caused by monocular camera. Besides, an image-stitching algorithm is developed to splice the images captured by the camera, which reliefs the burden of computation for back-end recognition processing brought by the binocular camera. A new model YOLOv3-TinyE is proposed based on YOLOv3-tiny model. Based on the data set of 21, 000 images captured in real scenarios that containing 20 different type of beverages, the comparison experimental results show that YOLOv3-TinyE model achieves the mean average precision of 99.15%, and the inference speed is 2.91 times faster than that of YOLOv3 model, and the detection accuracy of YOLOv3-TinyE model based on binocular vision is higher than that based on monocular vision. The results suggest that the designed method achieves the goal in terms of inference speed and average precision, that is, it is able to satisfy the requirements for real-world applications.
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- Su, Xiaojun, et al.
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Understanding of photophysical processes in dio additive-treated ptb7:Pc71 bm solar cells
- 2021
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In: Crystals. - : MDPI AG. - 2073-4352. ; 11:9
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) additive is an important method for optimizing the morphology and device performance of polythieno[3,4-b]-thiophene-co-benzodithiophene (PTB7)-based polymer solar cells. However, the effect of DIO additive on charge photogeneration dynamics of PTB7-based polymer solar cells is still poorly understood. In this work, the effect of DIO additive on the carrier photogeneration dynamics, as well as device performance of PTB7: [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71 BM) solar cells was studied. Bias-dependent photoluminescence (PL) experiments of a neat PTB7 device show that the exciton cannot be dissociated by the electric field in the device within the operating voltage range, but it can be effectively dissociated by the high electric field. PL and time-resolved PL studies show that DIO additive reduces the phase size of PTB7 in the blend film, resulting in an increased exciton dissociation efficiency. The carrier recombination processes were studied by transient absorption, which shows geminate carrier recombination was suppressed in the DIO-treated PTB7:PC71 BM device in ultrafast time scale. The increased exciton dissociation efficiency and suppressed carrier recombination in ultrafast time scale play an important role for DIO-treated PTB7:PC71 BM solar cells to attain a higher power conversion efficiency.
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- Wen, Guanzhao, et al.
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Excited-state properties of Y-series small molecule semiconductors
- 2021
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In: Dyes and Pigments. - : Elsevier BV. - 0143-7208. ; 192
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The emergence of the Y series small molecule semiconductors, Y6 and its derivatives, have significantly improved the performance of polymer solar cells (PSCs). However, the excited-state properties of these Y-series small molecule semiconductors which are highly important for designing high-performance PSCs, need to be illustrated. In this work, the excited-state properties and electronic structures of the Y-series small molecules (Y5, Y6, Y10, N3, Y6-BO-4F, and Y6-BO-4Cl) have been systematically studied by using steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopies and quantum chemical calculations. It is shown that the influence of alkyl chains at the nitrogen atom of the pyrrole ring is weak for the electron affinities, ionization potentials, electron and hole reorganization energies and singlet exciton lifetime of Y molecules. Meanwhile, these parameters are found to be varied with the types of electron-deficient termini. Moreover, we find that Y10 and Y5 have the shortest singlet exciton lifetime in solution and the longest singlet exciton lifetime in film (~1100 ps), suggesting the engineering of electron-deficient termini can significantly influence the excited-state lifetime in solution and film. Our work could provide a guideline for designing Y-series acceptor materials for high-performance polymer solar cells.
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- Wen, Guanzhao, et al.
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Ground- And excited-state characteristics in photovoltaic polymer N2200
- 2021
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In: RSC Advances. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 2046-2069. ; 11:33, s. 20191-20199
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- As a classical polymer acceptor material, N2200 has received extensive attention and research in the field of polymer solar cells (PSCs). However, the intrinsic properties of ground- and excited-states in N2200, which are critical for the application of N2200 in PSCs, remain poorly understood. In this work, the ground- and excited-state properties of N2200 solution and film were studied by steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopies as well as time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations. The transition mechanism of absorption peaks of N2200 was evaluated through the natural transition orbitals (NTOs) and hole-electron population analysis by TD-DFT. Time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) study shows that the lifetimes of singlet excitons in N2200 chlorobenzene solution and film are ∼90 ps and ∼60 ps, respectively. Considering the absolute quantum yield of N2200 film, we deduce that the intrinsic lifetime of singlet exciton can be as long as ∼20 ns. By comparing the TRPL and transient absorption (TA) kinetics, we find that the decay of singlet excitons in N2200 solution is dominated by a fast non-radiative decay process, and the component induced by intersystem crossing is less than 5%. Besides that, the annihilation radius, annihilation rate and diffusion length of singlet excitons in N2200 film were evaluated as 3.6 nm, 2.5 × 10−9cm3s−1and 4.5 nm, respectively. Our work provides comprehensive information on the excited states of N2200, which is helpful for the application of N2200 in all-PSCs.
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- Xiong, Shaobing, et al.
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Direct Observation on p- to n-Type Transformation of Perovskite Surface Region during Defect Passivation Driving High Photovoltaic Efficiency
- 2021
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In: Joule. - : CELL PRESS. - 2542-4351. ; 5:2, s. 467-480
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) suffer from significant nonradiative recombination, limiting their power conversion efficiencies. Here, for the first time, we directly observe a complete transformation of perovskite MAPbI(3) surface region energetics from p- to n-type during defect passivation caused by natural additive capsaicin, attributed to the spontaneous formation of a p-n homojunction in perovskite active layer. We demonstrate that the p-n homojunction locates at similar to 100 nm below perovskite surface. The energetics transformation and defect passivation promote charge transport in bulk perovskite layer and at perovskite/PCBM interface, suppressing both defect-assisted recombination and interface carrier recombination. As a result, an efficiency of 21.88% and a fill factor of 83.81% with excellent device stability are achieved, both values are the highest records for polycrystalline MAPbI(3) based p-i-n PSCs reported to date. The proposed new concept of synergetic defect passivation and energetic modification via additive provides a huge potential for further improvement of PSC performance.
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