Solar cells

Peumans, Peter; Uchida, Soichi; Forrest, Stephen R.

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Title: Solar cells

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Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The devises are thin-film crystalline organic optoelectronic devices capable of generating a voltage when exposed to light, and prepared by a method including the steps of: depositing a first organic layer over a first electrode; depositing a second organic layer over the first organic layer; depositing a confining layer over the second organic layer to form a stack; annealing the stack; and finally depositing a second electrode over the second organic layer.

Inventors:: Peumans, Peter; Uchida, Soichi; Forrest, Stephen R.

Issue Date:: Tue Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1084089

Patent Number(s):: 8466004

Application Number:: 12/573,795

Assignee:: The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/549 - organic PV cells

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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-99G010337)

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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Stacked organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with a mixed electrical configuration patent, March 2001

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Method of preparing photoresponsive devices, and devices made thereby patent, December 2003

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Method for manufacturing solar battery patent, February 2003

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Dye-based donor/acceptor solar cells journal, February 2000

Method for making composite article comprising oriented microstructures patent, December 1997

Efficient photon harvesting at high optical intensities in ultrathin organic double-heterostructure photovoltaic diodes journal, May 2000

The effect of fullerene doping on photoelectric conversion using titanyl phthalocyanine and a perylene pigment journal, February 2000

Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with transparent electrodes patent, March 2002

Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films patent-application, December 2003

Structure for high efficiency electroluminescent device patent, August 2000

The dependence of the surface photovoltage of methine bridge substitute porphyrins on the method of film fabrication journal, March 1980

Highly efficient multiple reflection photosensitive optoelectronic device with optical concentrator patent, December 2001

Highly transparent organic light emitting device employing a non-metallic cathode patent, October 2002

Highly transparent non-metallic cathodes patent, July 2002

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Organic co-evaporated films of a PPV-pentamer and C60: model systems for donor/acceptor polymer blends journal, February 2002

Two‐layer organic photovoltaic cell journal, January 1986

Stacked organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with a mixed electrical configuration
patent, March 2001

Organic photosensitive devices
patent-application, September 2005

Method of preparing photoresponsive devices, and devices made thereby
patent, December 2003

High Collection Nonimaging Optics
conference, July 1989

Method for manufacturing solar battery
patent, February 2003

Stacked organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with an electrically series configuration
patent, August 2001

Crystal network formation in organic solar cells
journal, February 2000

Transparent contacts for organic devices
patent, December 1997

Solar cells using fullerenes
patent, June 2003

Organic photosensitive optoelectronic device with an exciton blocking layer
patent, September 2002

Dye-based donor/acceptor solar cells
journal, February 2000

Method for making composite article comprising oriented microstructures
patent, December 1997

Efficient photon harvesting at high optical intensities in ultrathin organic double-heterostructure photovoltaic diodes
journal, May 2000

The effect of fullerene doping on photoelectric conversion using titanyl phthalocyanine and a perylene pigment
journal, February 2000

Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with transparent electrodes
patent, March 2002

Semiconductor-nanocrystal/conjugated polymer thin films
patent-application, December 2003

Structure for high efficiency electroluminescent device
patent, August 2000

The dependence of the surface photovoltage of methine bridge substitute porphyrins on the method of film fabrication
journal, March 1980

Highly efficient multiple reflection photosensitive optoelectronic device with optical concentrator
patent, December 2001

Highly transparent organic light emitting device employing a non-metallic cathode
patent, October 2002

Highly transparent non-metallic cathodes
patent, July 2002

Organic photovoltaic devices
patent, December 2003

Organic co-evaporated films of a PPV-pentamer and C60: model systems for donor/acceptor polymer blends
journal, February 2002

Two‐layer organic photovoltaic cell
journal, January 1986