Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells

Waldrop, James R; Cohen, Marshall J

Title: Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells

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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.

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

Thousand Oaks, CA

Issue Date:: 1984-01-24

Research Org.:: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 864851

Patent Number(s):: 4427840

Application Number:: 06/335,994

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: 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

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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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

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L51/0041 - {Poly acetylene
H01L51/4206 - {Metal-organic semiconductor-metal devices}
H01L31/07 - the potential barriers being only of the Schottky type

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DOE Contract Number:: AC04-79ET23002

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: plastic; schottky; barrier; solar; cells; photovoltaic; cell; structure; fabricated; active; medium; including; undoped; intrinsically; p-type; organic; semiconductor; comprising; polyacetylene; film; material; rectifying; contact; magnesium; electrode; schottky-barrier; junction; obtained; gold; overlayer; passivates; layer; barrier solar; cell structure; medium including; schottky barrier; solar cell; solar cells; photovoltaic cell; active medium; organic semiconductor; semiconductor comprising; /136/257/

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  abstractNote = {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.},

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