Abstract: A hybrid emissive layer and OLED incorporating the same are provided. The hybrid emissive layer includes a first material having a triplet state energy level T1H and a singlet state energy level S1H, & second material having a triplet state energy level T1F and a singlet state energy level S1F; and a third material having a triplet state energy level T1P and a single state energy level S1P, where T1F?T1H; S1F?S1H; and T1P<T1H.

Abstract: A method for preparing a covetic, nanocarbon-infused, metal composite material is described is herein. The method comprises heating a stirring molten mixture of a metal (e.g., Cu, Al, Ag, Au, Fe, Ni, Pt, Sn, Pb, Zn, Si, and the like) and carbon (e.g., graphite) at a temperature sufficient to maintain the mixture in the molten state in a reactor vessel, while passing an electric current through the molten mixture via at least two spaced electrodes submerged or partially submerged in the molten metal. Each of the electrodes has an electrical conductivity that is at least about 50 percent of the electrical conductivity of the molten mixture at the temperature of the molten mixture. Preferably, the conductivity of the electrodes is equal to or greater than the conductivity of the molten mixture.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprises an anode; a cathode; and a light emitting layer, disposed between the anode and the cathode; wherein the light emitting layer comprises at least one luminescent compound; and wherein the transition dipole moment of the at least one luminescent compound is oriented parallel to the surface of the light emitting layer. A method of fabricating a light emitting layer, comprises the steps of providing a substrate; depositing less than 2 nm of a template material on the substrate; and depositing a composition comprising at least one light emitting compound on the template material.

Abstract: A transparent organic photovoltaic cell comprises first and second electrodes, and an active layer between the electrodes, comprising a combination of donor and acceptor molecules which are configured absorb light in one or more sub-spectral ranges within a total spectral range of 400 nm to 2000 nm, wherein the photovoltaic cell is configured to be placed in optical communication with a plants such that at least a portion of light not absorbed by the photovoltaic cells is transmitted to the plant.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a light emitting device comprises providing a mold having an unpolished surface with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra in a range from 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m, depositing a thin polymer film over the surface of the mold, wherein the film has a thickness in a range from 1 ?m to 100 ?m, positioning a light emitting body onto the thin polymer film, wherein the light emitting body includes an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer positioned between the anode and the cathode, and separating the thin polymer film with the light emitting body from the mold. A light emitting device is also described.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device comprises an anode and a cathode, an organic emissive layer positioned between the anode and the cathode, the organic emissive layer comprising a host material and a dopant, a host material layer positioned between the cathode and the organic emissive layer, and a charge transport layer positioned between the cathode and the host material layer, wherein the charge transport layer is configured to form plasmon exciton polaritons in a region between the cathode and the charge transport layer. Stacked devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of making a photovoltaic cell comprises the steps of providing a substrate in a vacuum, depositing an anode over the substrate, depositing a first heterojunction layer over the anode layer, depositing a second heterojunction layer over the first heterojunction layer, depositing a cathode over the second heterojunction layer, and releasing the vacuum. A photovoltaic cell is also described.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device comprises an anode and a cathode, at least one organic layer configured between the anode and the cathode, and at least one two-dimensional emissive layer configured between the anode and the cathode. A method of fabricating an organic light emitting device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An organic photovoltaic device comprises a first electrode, at least one organic heterojunction layer positioned over the first electrode, a second electrode positioned over the organic heterojunction layer, and a thin film stack positioned over the second electrode, comprising a plurality of sublayers of a first dielectric material alternating with a plurality of sublayers of a second dielectric material, wherein at least one of the plurality of sublayers of the first dielectric material has a thickness that is different from another of the plurality of sublayers of the first dielectric material, wherein the organic photovoltaic device has a mean transmittance of between 10% and 100% for light between 420 nm and 670 nm, with a variance of ±10%, and wherein an index contrast between the sublayers in the thin film stack is at least 0.1. A method of fabricating an organic photovoltaic device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hybrid emissive layer and OLED incorporating the same are provided. The hybrid emissive layer includes a first material having a triplet state energy level T1H and a singlet state energy level S1H, a second material having a triplet state energy level T1F and a singlet state energy level S1F; and a third material having a triplet state energy level T1P and a single state energy level S1P, where T1FT1H; S1FS1H; and T1P<T1H.

Abstract: In one aspect, an organic light emitting device (OLED) comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, an emissive layer between the first and second electrodes, and a blocking layer comprising metal oxide between the emissive layer and the first electrode. In some embodiments, the OLED is configured as a white OLED. In some embodiments, the emissive layer comprises a stack of a plurality of sub-layers. In some embodiments, the blocking layer is deposited via an atomic layer deposition (ALD) tool. In some embodiments, the blocking layer comprises HfO2, Al2O3, ZrO2, ZnO, or MgO.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprises an anode; a cathode; and a light emitting layer, disposed between the anode and the cathode; wherein the light emitting layer comprises at least one luminescent compound; and wherein the transition dipole moment of the at least one luminescent compound is oriented parallel to the surface of the light emitting layer. A method of fabricating a light emitting layer, comprises the steps of providing a substrate; depositing less than 2 nm of a template material on the substrate; and depositing a composition comprising at least one light emitting compound on the template material.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, designs and materials for extending the device operational lifetime of the phosphorescent organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) such as thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) OLEDs. Applying a graded cohost or co-doped emission layer (EML) in the organic layers, both charge transport and charge balance can be precisely engineered to generate a uniform exciton/exciplex profile, preventing the early deaths due to the dense hot-excited states in the device. This invention is aimed at the short lifetime problem of the high efficient phosphorescent OLEDs and TADF OLEDs, especially in the white, blue and deep blue applications.

Abstract: Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and their compositions are described herein. one or more embodiments, the acceptor with an active layer of an OPV includes is a non-fullerene acceptor. Such non-fullerene acceptors may provide improved OPV performance characteristics such as improved power conversion efficiency, open circuit voltage, fill factor, short circuit current, and/or external quantum efficiency.

Abstract: There is disclosed squaraine compounds of formula I: wherein each of Y1 and Y2 is independently chosen from an optionally substituted amino group and an optionally substituted aryl group. Also described are organic optoelectronic devices comprising a Donor-Acceptor heterojunction that is formed from one or more of the squaraine compounds. A method of making the disclosed device, which may include one or more sublimation step for depositing said squaraine compound, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tandem photovoltaic (PV) may include III-V semiconductors, silicon, a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, and a gold-to-gold metal bridge electrode. The semiconductors include p-typed and n-typed regions. To form a tandem PV structure, bottom and top PV cells can be independently fabricated. The bottom and the top PV cells are electrically connected by the gold-to-gold metal bridge interconnection, which is positioned between the bottom and the top PV cells. The metal bridge may be formed by cold-welding compression technique. This structure is compatible to the development of tandem PVs as well as thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells.

Abstract: An optoelectronic system comprising a flexible optoelectronic device, wherein the device comprises a flexible plastic substrate, a coating comprising a glass or a polymer, positioned over the flexible plastic substrate, an anode and a cathode positioned over the coating, an organic heterojunction positioned between the anode and the cathode, comprising a donor material and an acceptor material, and an encapsulating layer comprising a glass or a polymer, positioned over the anode and the cathode. The device further comprises a roller configured to roll the flexible optoelectronic device into a stored position and a frame configured to mount the roller and the optoelectronic device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive devices including at least one exciton-blocking charge carrier filter. The filters comprise a mixture of at least one wide energy gap material and at least one electron or hole conducting material. As described herein, the novel filters simultaneously block excitons and conduct the desired charge carrier (electrons or holes).

Abstract: To reach high efficiencies, thermophotovoltaic cells must utilize the broad spectrum of a radiative thermal source. One promising approach to overcome this challenge is to have low-energy photons reflected and reabsorbed by the thermal emitter, where their energy can have another chance at contributing toward photogeneration in the cell. However, current methods for photon recuperation are limited by insufficient bandwidth or parasitic absorption, resulting in large efficiency losses relative to theoretical limits. This work demonstrates nearly perfect reflection of low-energy photons (˜99%) by embedding an air layer within the TPV cell. This result represents a four-fold reduction in parasitic absorption relative to existing TPV cells. As out-of-band reflectance approaches unity, TPV efficiency becomes nearly insensitive to cell bandgap and emitter temperature. Accessing this regime unlocks a range of possible materials and heat sources that were previously inaccessible to TPV energy conversion.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an organic electronic device comprises providing a plurality of photoresist structures on a substrate, the substrate having a first electrode layer, the photoresist structures having a bottom surface attached to the substrate and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, the top surface having a dimension greater than a dimension of the bottom surface, positioning a mask over the structures, the mask having a plurality of openings, and depositing an emissive material over the substrate through at least one of the plurality of openings to form at least one emissive element. An organic electronic device and a method of fabricating an organic electronic component are also described.