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Luyao Lu

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University
Verified email at gwu.edu
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Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency

L Lu, T Xu, W Chen, ES Landry, L Yu - Nature Photonics, 2014 - nature.com
The use ternary organic components is currently being pursued to enhance the power
conversion efficiency of bulk heterojunction solar cells by expanding the spectral range of light …

Cooperative plasmonic effect of Ag and Au nanoparticles on enhancing performance of polymer solar cells

L Lu, Z Luo, T Xu, L Yu - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
This article describes a cooperative plasmonic effect on improving the performance of polymer
bulk heterojunction solar cells. When mixed Ag and Au nanoparticles are incorporated …

Understanding low bandgap polymer PTB7 and optimizing polymer solar cells based on it

L Lu, L Yu - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Solution processed single junction polymer solar cells (PSCs) have been developed from
less than 1% power conversion efficiency (PCE) to beyond 9% PCE in the last decade. The …

Status and prospects for ternary organic photovoltaics

L Lu, MA Kelly, W You, L Yu - Nature Photonics, 2015 - nature.com
In the past few years, ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) featuring multiple donor or acceptor
materials in the active layer have emerged as a promising structure to simultaneously …

[HTML][HTML] High-performance ternary blend polymer solar cells involving both energy transfer and hole relay processes

L Lu, W Chen, T Xu, L Yu - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
The integration of multiple materials with complementary absorptions into a single junction
device is regarded as an efficient way to enhance the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of …

Examining the effect of the dipole moment on charge separation in donor–acceptor polymers for organic photovoltaic applications

…, JM Szarko, HJ Son, W Wang, L Lu… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A new low band gap copolymer PBB3 containing [6,6′]bi[thieno[3,4-b]thiophenyl]-2,2′-dicarboxylic
acid bis-(2-butyloctyl) ester (BTT) and 4,8-bis(2-butyloctyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]…

Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics

H Fu, K Nan, W Bai, W Huang, K Bai, L Lu, C Zhou… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Three-dimensional (3D) structures capable of reversible transformations in their geometrical
layouts have important applications across a broad range of areas. Most morphable 3D …

The role of N-doped multiwall carbon nanotubes in achieving highly efficient polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells

L Lu, T Xu, W Chen, JM Lee, Z Luo, IH Jung, HI Park… - Nano …, 2013 - ACS Publications
This paper reports an improved solar cell performance of 8.6% by incorporation of N-doped
multiwall carbon nanotubes (N-MCNTs) into BHJ solar cells composed of PTB7 and PC 71 …

Synthesis and Photovoltaic Effect in Dithieno[2,3‐d:2′,3′‐d′]Benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]dithiophene‐Based Conjugated Polymers

HJ Son, L Lu, W Chen, T Xu, T Zheng… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The recent surge of enthusiasm in bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) is
driven by their potential for fabricating flexible and light-weight solar cells via facile, lowcost …