Mohammad Afsar Uddin

Dr. Mohammad Afsar Uddin

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 June 2014 in Energy & Environmental Science
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TNT. L. Nguyen
T. L. Nguyen
HCH. Choi
H. Choi
SKS.-J. Ko
S.-J. Ko
Mohammad Afsar UddinMohammad Afsar Uddin
Mohammad Afsar Uddin
BWB. Walker
B. Walker
HWHan Young Woo
Han Young Woo
We report a series of semi-crystalline, low band gap (LBG) polymers and demonstrate the fabrication of highly efficient polymer solar cells (PSCs) in a thick single-cell architecture. The devices achieve a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 7% without any post-treatment (annealing, solvent additive, etc.) and outstanding long-term thermal stability for 200 h at 130 °C. These excellent characteristics are closely related to the molecular structures where intra- and/or intermolecular noncovalent hydrogen bonds and dipole–dipole interactions assure strong interchain interactions without losing solution processability. The semi-crystalline polymers form a well-distributed nano-fibrillar networked morphology with PC70BM with balanced hole and electron mobilities (a h/e mobility ratio of 1–2) and tight interchain packing (a π–π stacking distance of 3.57–3.59 Å) in the blend films. Furthermore, the device optimization with a processing additive and methanol treatment improves efficiencies up to 9.39% in a ∼300 nm thick conventional single-cell device structure. The thick active layer in the PPDT2FBT:PC70BM device attenuates incident light almost completely without damage in the fill factor (0.71–0.73), showing a high short-circuit current density of 15.7–16.3 mA cm−2. Notably, PPDT2FBT showed negligible changes in the carrier mobility even at ∼1 μm film thickness.

21 January 2015 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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HKHyunbum Kang
Hyunbum Kang
Mohammad Afsar UddinMohammad Afsar Uddin
Mohammad Afsar Uddin
CLChangyeon Lee
Changyeon Lee
KKKi-Hyun Kim
Ki-Hyun Kim
TNThanh Luan Nguyen
Thanh Luan Nguyen
BKBumjoon J. Kim
Bumjoon J. Kim

7 September 2016 in Advanced Materials
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YQYunpeng Qin
Yunpeng Qin
Mohammad Afsar UddinMohammad Afsar Uddin
Mohammad Afsar Uddin
YCYu Chen
Yu Chen
BJBomee Jang
Bomee Jang
KZKang Zhao
Kang Zhao
JHJianhui Hou
Jianhui Hou

8 August 2018 in Advanced Materials
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YXYuanpeng Xie
Yuanpeng Xie
FYFan Yang
Fan Yang
YLYuxiang Li
Yuxiang Li
Mohammad Afsar UddinMohammad Afsar Uddin
Mohammad Afsar Uddin
PBPengqing Bi
Pengqing Bi
YSYanming Sun
Yanming Sun

14 April 2018 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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YWYingfeng Wang
Yingfeng Wang
HGHan Guo
Han Guo
AHAlexandra Harbuzaru
Alexandra Harbuzaru
Mohammad Afsar UddinMohammad Afsar Uddin
Mohammad Afsar Uddin
IAIratxe Arrechea-Marcos
Iratxe Arrechea-Marcos
XGXugang Guo
Xugang Guo

3 March 2014 in Chemistry of Materials
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SYSeungjib Yum
Seungjib Yum
TATae Kyu An
Tae Kyu An
XWXiaowei Wang
Xiaowei Wang
WLWonho Lee
Wonho Lee
Mohammad Afsar UddinMohammad Afsar Uddin
Mohammad Afsar Uddin
HWHan Young Woo
Han Young Woo