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

Rand, Barry; Forrest, Stephen R; Pendergrast Burk, Diane

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

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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.

Inventors:: Rand, Barry; Forrest, Stephen R; Pendergrast Burk, Diane

Issue Date:: 2015-03-31

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1177028

Patent Number(s):: 8993881

Application Number:: 13/965,903

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

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

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
B82Y10/00 - Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic

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:: AC36-98G010337

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 13

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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

Multilayer organic photodetectors with improved performance patent, December 2005

Thin film organic position sensitive detectors patent, February 2006

Organic photosensitive optoelectronic device with an exciton blocking layer patent, April 2006

Organic photovoltaic devices patent-application, March 2003

Solid state photosensitive devices which employ isolated photosynthetic complexes patent-application, May 2005

Multilayer Organic Photodetectors with Improved Performance patent-application, May 2005

High efficiency organic photovoltaic cells employing hybridized mixed-planar heterojunctions patent-application, October 2005

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Structure for high efficiency electroluminescent device
patent, August 2000

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

Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with transparent electrodes
patent, March 2002

Highly transparent non-metallic cathodes
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Photovoltaic device with optical concentrator and method of making the same
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Solar cells using fullerenes
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Thin film organic position sensitive detectors
patent, February 2006

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Solid state photosensitive devices which employ isolated photosynthetic complexes
patent-application, May 2005

Multilayer Organic Photodetectors with Improved Performance
patent-application, May 2005

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patent-application, October 2005

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patent-application, October 2005

Aperiodic dielectric multilayer stack
patent-application, December 2005

Stacked organic photosensitive devices
patent-application, February 2006

Interface modification to optimize charge separation in cyanine heterojunction photovoltaic devices
journal, May 2005

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journal, June 2004

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