Textile electronics embedded in clothing represent an exciting new frontier for modern healthcare and communication systems. Fundamental to the development of these textile electronics is the development of the fibers forming the cloths into electronic devices. An electronic fiber must undergo diverse scrutiny for its selection for a multifunctional textile, viz., from the material selection to the device architecture, from the wearability to mechanical stresses, and from the environmental compatibility to the end‐use management. Herein, the performance requirements of fiber‐shaped electronics are reviewed considering the characteristics of single electronic fibers and their assemblies in smart clothing. Broadly, this article includes i) processing strategies of electronic fibers with required properties from precursor to material, ii) the state‐of‐art of current fiber‐shaped electronics emphasizing light‐emitting devices, solar cells, sensors, nanogenerators, supercapacitors storage, and chromatic devices, iii) mechanisms involved in the operation of the above devices, iv) limitations of the current materials and device manufacturing techniques to achieve the target performance, and v) the knowledge gap that must be minimized prior to their deployment. Lessons learned from this review with regard to the challenges and prospects for developing fiber‐shaped electronic components are presented as directions for future research on wearable electronics.
Halide perovskites are compelling candidates for the next generation of photovoltaic technologies owing to an unprecedented increase in power conversion efficiency and their low cost, facile fabrication and outstanding semiconductor properties.
An overview on recent advances in the fundamental understanding of how interfaces of mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (mp-PSCs) with different architectures, upon incorporating various charge transport layers, influence their performance.
1 September 2013 in Surface and Coatings Technology
Vapor-deposited molybdenum oxide films are used as low resistance anode interfacial layers in applications such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic photovoltaics (OPVs). A versatile method for the vapor deposition of molybdenum oxide layers is presented, which offers the control of the oxygen stoichiometry of the deposited films and their doping with hydrogen. The possibility of tuning the electronic structure of the deposited molybdenum oxides is also investigated by controlling oxygen deficiency and hydrogenation (the incorporation of hydrogen within the molybdenum oxide's lattice). To take advantage of the altered electronic properties of the non-stoichiometric Mo oxides, we embedded them as anode interfacial layers in organic optoelectronic devices. Large improvement in the operational characteristics of both electroluminescent devices and bulk heterojunction solar cells was achieved and correlated with the oxygen deficiency and the hydrogen content of the Mo oxides