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Title: Architectures and criteria for the design of high efficiency organic photovoltaic cells

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OSTI ID:1177028
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A method for fabricating an organic photovoltaic cell includes providing a first electrode; depositing a series of at least seven layers onto the first electrode, each layer consisting essentially of a different organic semiconductor material, the organic semiconductor material of at least an intermediate layer of the sequence being a photoconductive material; and depositing a second electrode onto the sequence of at least seven layers. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is an anode and the other is a cathode. The organic semiconductor materials of the series of at least seven layers are arranged to provide a sequence of decreasing lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMOs) and a sequence of decreasing highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMOs) across the series from the anode to the cathode.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-98G010337
Assignee:
The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Patent Number(s):
8,993,881
Application Number:
13/965,903
OSTI ID:
1177028
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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