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Title: Organic hybrid planar-nanocrystalline bulk heterojunctions

Abstract

A photosensitive optoelectronic device having an improved hybrid planar bulk heterojunction includes a plurality of photoconductive materials disposed between the anode and the cathode. The photoconductive materials include a first continuous layer of donor material and a second continuous layer of acceptor material. A first network of donor material or materials extends from the first continuous layer toward the second continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of holes to the first continuous layer. A second network of acceptor material or materials extends from the second continuous layer toward the first continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of electrons to the second continuous layer. The first network and the second network are interlaced with each other. At least one other photoconductive material is interspersed between the interlaced networks. This other photoconductive material or materials has an absorption spectra different from the donor and acceptor materials.

Inventors:
;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1083786
Patent Number(s):
8415757
Application Number:
13/011,255
Assignee:
The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) ; The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
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
DOE Contract Number:  
AC3698GO10337; XAT 53363603
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Forrest, Stephen R., and Yang, Fan. Organic hybrid planar-nanocrystalline bulk heterojunctions. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Forrest, Stephen R., & Yang, Fan. Organic hybrid planar-nanocrystalline bulk heterojunctions. United States.
Forrest, Stephen R., and Yang, Fan. Tue . "Organic hybrid planar-nanocrystalline bulk heterojunctions". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1083786.
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