Kim Gervase

Sep 26, 2016

Food Additive Key to Environmentally Friendly, Efficient, Plastic Solar Cells

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created an efficient, semi-printed plastic solar cell without the use of environmentally hazardous halogen solvents. These solar… 

Aug 29, 2016

ORaCEL Graduate Dr. Jingying Wang wins Physics Department Research Assistant Award for her Spin Polarized STM Thesis work.

Ten years ago a surprising paper reported “giant” magnetoresistive effects in organic films made from the electroluminescent molecule “Alq3” that had previously been an important OLED material [1].  Since then,… 

Aug 23, 2016

A new organic solar cell design gives a fill factor of 77%

Ade group has co-authored a paper published in Nature Energy, wherein a three component (ternary) material mixture was found to extensively reduce carrier losses. This research has opened up a new… 

Jul 5, 2016

A non-fullerene organic solar cell with a small driving force and a photovoltage of 1.11V

For the first time, NC state researchers and others have demonstrated a highly efficient fullerene-free organic solar cell (OSC) with a negligible driving force for charge transfer. This unique finding plays… 

Jun 4, 2016

Prof. Franky So speaks at the UNC Research Opportunities Initiative Celebration of Game-Changing Research

June 4, 2016 Prof. Franky So speaks at the UNC Research Opportunities Initiative Celebration of Game-Changing Research. Prof. So discusses the potential of carbon-based electronics materials to replace silicon in… 

Jan 28, 2016

Molecular-like photochemistry from semiconductor nanocrystals

For the first time, researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated the transfer of triplet exciton energy from semiconductor nanocrystals to surface-bound molecular acceptors, extending the lifetime of the… 

Jan 28, 2016

Green organic solar cells with record efficiency of 11.7%

01/28/2016 Researchers from North Carolina State University, in collaboration with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials (China), have reported… 

Feb 10, 2015

Game-changing Research in Areas of strategic Importance to the State

ORaCEL faculty and its partners at NCSU, UNC-CH and NCCU were awarded $2,829,994 by the University of North Carolina General Administration to support game-changing faculty research in areas of strategic importance to… 

Nov 11, 2014

New Materials Yield Record Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

Researchers from North Carolina State University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have found that temperature-controlled aggregation in a family of new semi-conducting polymers is the key to…