Abstract: Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and their compositions are described herein. In 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. One example of a non-fullerene acceptor is (4,4,10,10-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-5,11-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-4,10-dihydro-dithienyl[1,2-b:4,5b?]benzodi-thiophene-2,8-diyl) bis(2-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydroinden-5,6-dichloro-1-ylidene) malononitrile.

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: A compound having a surface region of highly negative electrostatic potential, which comprises a ligand LA represented by Formula I may be used in organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs) and consumer products. Transition metal complexes comprising the ligand LA of Formula I may promote molecular alignment of dopants in OLEDs.

Abstract: A number of new solutions for enhancing the extraction of waveguided mode and suppressing surface plasmon polariton mode in OLEDs are disclosed. For example, an OLED is disclosed that includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side; a reflective layer disposed over the first side of the substrate; a grid layer consisting of two optically transparent materials with different refractive indices disposed on the reflective layer; a transparent first electrode provided over the grid layer; an organic emissive layer provided over the transparent first electrode; and a transparent second electrode provided over the organic emissive layer, where the grid layer scatters trapped waveguided modes from the organic emissive layer.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprises a substrate layer, a sub-electrode microlens array (SEMLA) at least partially embedded in the substrate layer comprising a plurality of microlenses, a first electrode layer over the substrate layer, a light emitting layer over the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer over the light emitting layer. The device can further include a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) layer between the substrate and first electrode layers and/or a Purcell Factor (PF) enhancement layer over the second electrode layer, comprising at least one layer pair including a silver mirror electrode and a metal-dielectric layer. Related methods are 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: An organic light emitting device comprises an anode, a first hole transport layer positioned over the anode, a barrier transport layer positioned over the first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer positioned over the barrier transport layer, at least one emissive layer positioned over the second hole transport layer, and a cathode positioned over the at least one emissive layer.

Abstract: Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and their compositions are described herein. In 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. One example of a non-fullerene acceptor is (4,4,10,10-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-5,11-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-4,10-dihydro-dithienyl[1,2-b:4,5b?] benzodi-thiophene-2,8-diyl) bis(2-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydroinden-5,6-dichloro-1-ylidene) malononitrile.

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: Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems and devices with improved efficiencies are disclosed herein. In one example, a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell includes an active layer; a back-surface reflective (BSR) layer; and a spacer layer positioned between the active layer and back-surface reflective layer.

Abstract: An organic vapor deposition device comprises a print head, comprising a source channel, in fluid communication with a flow of carrier gas and a quantity of organic source material configured to mix with the carrier gas, a nozzle having a deposition outlet, in fluid communication with the source channel, and a shutter configured at least to open and close the deposition outlet, wherein the print heat is configured to allow the flow of carrier gas and the organic source material exit the deposition outlet when the shutter is in an open position, and to prevent the flow of carrier gas and the organic source material from exiting the deposition outlet when the shutter is in a closed position. A method of manufacturing a device comprising an organic feature on a substrate is also described.

Abstract: A number of new solutions for enhancing the extraction of waveguided mode and suppressing surface plasmon polariton mode in OLEDs are disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compound parabolic concentrators. In one implementation, a compound parabolic concentrator may include a parabolic array having a base, a side wall, and an aperture for receiving light and a dielectric layer having a refractive index. In another implementation, a stacked compound parabolic concentrator may include a parabolic array having a base, a side wall, and an aperture for receiving light and multiple dielectric layers within the array. Each dielectric layer may have a refractive index, and the refractive index may decrease with each dielectric layer moving from the base of the parabolic array to the light receiving aperture.

Abstract: An ultra-thin shadow mask comprises a plastic foil including a plurality of apertures, wherein the ultra-thin shadow mask is less than 25 ?m thick, and wherein the ultra-thin shadow mask has a feature size of at least 1 ?m to about 100 ?m. An organic photovoltaic (OPV) device comprises a first electrode including a first grid structure, the first grid structure having a feature size of at least 1 ?m to about 100 ?m, a heterojunction under the first electrode, a second electrode under the heterojunction including a second grid structure, and a plurality of outcoupling layers over the first electrode. Related methods are also disclosed.

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: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a window, an energy and light producing device including at least one transparent photovoltaic device and at least one non-transparent Organic Light Emitting Device (OLED) in an optical path of the window. A controller may control the operation of the non-transparent OLED of the energy and light producing device. An energy storage device may be electrically coupled to the controller and the energy and light producing device to store energy generated by the transparent photovoltaic device and to power the non-transparent OLED. In some implementations, a LED or OLED may be mounted in the frame of the window and may be powered by the energy storage device.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an organic optoelectronic device comprises positioning a patterning layer over a substrate, etching the patterning layer using a photolithographic process to create an etched patterning layer, positioning a layer of an organic material over the etched patterning layer, and removing at least a portion of the etched patterning layer and at least a portion of the layer of the organic material to create a patterned organic layer over the substrate.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer stack having an anode side and a cathode side, comprising at least one emissive layer comprising an organic emissive material, an anode layer stack comprising at least one conductive layer, a cathode layer stack comprising at least one conductive layer, an anode-side reflector positioned on the anode side of the emissive layer stack, and a cathode-side reflector positioned on the cathode side of the emissive layer stack, wherein the anode-side reflector and the cathode side reflector are configured to form a resonant, electrically pumped cavity for ultrastrong coupling having a quality factor of at least 10. An electrically-pumped organic light emitting device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An organic electronic optoelectronic device comprises a substrate, a first electrode positioned over the substrate, a first organic buffer layer positioned over the first electrode, and a first inorganic emissive layer positioned over the first organic buffer layer. A method of fabricating an organic optoelectronic device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An organic photovoltaic device comprises a substrate, a reflector positioned over the substrate, a first electrode positioned over at least a first portion of the reflector, a polaritonic antenna layer positioned over a second portion of the reflector different from the first portion, electrically connected to the first electrode, and at least one unit reaction cell positioned over at least part of the first electrode, the at least one unit reaction cell comprising a heterojunction layer comprising a donor material and an acceptor material, positioned over the first electrode, and a second electrode positioned over the heterojunction, wherein the polaritonic antenna and the reflector are configured to convert incoming photonic energy to polaritons. A method of fabricating an organic photovoltaic device is also disclosed.