Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells

Patent · Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:864851

Waldrop, James R ^[1]; Cohen, Marshall J ^[1]

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1. Thousand Oaks, CA

A photovoltaic cell structure is fabricated from an active medium including an undoped, intrinsically p-type organic semiconductor comprising polyacetylene. When a film of such material is in rectifying contact with a magnesium electrode, a Schottky-barrier junction is obtained within the body of the cell structure. Also, a gold overlayer passivates the magnesium layer on the undoped polyacetylene film.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-79ET23002
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4427840
• Application Number: 06/335,994
• OSTI ID: 864851
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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