Organic photosensitive devices

Peumans, Peter; Forrest, Stephen R.

Organic photosensitive devices

Patent · Tue Jan 22 04:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI ID:1176494

Peumans, Peter; Forrest, Stephen R.

A photoactive device is provided. The device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive region disposed between and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The photoactive region further includes an organic donor layer and an organic acceptor layer that form a donor-acceptor heterojunction. The mobility of holes in the organic donor region and the mobility of electrons in the organic acceptor region are different by a factor of at least 100, and more preferably a factor of at least 1000. At least one of the mobility of holes in the organic donor region and the mobility of electrons in the organic acceptor region is greater than 0.001 cm.sup.2/V-sec, and more preferably greater than 1 cm.sup.2/V-sec. The heterojunction may be of various types, including a planar heterojunction, a bulk heterojunction, a mixed heterojunction, and a hybrid planar-mixed heterojunction.

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Research Organization:: The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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

Patent Number(s):: 8,357,849

Application Number:: 10/949,375

OSTI ID:: 1176494

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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