Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
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- Thousand Oaks, CA
- Issue Date:
- 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):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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:
- 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/
Citation Formats
Waldrop, James R, and Cohen, Marshall J. Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Waldrop, James R, & Cohen, Marshall J. Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells. United States.
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"Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864851.
@article{osti_864851,
title = {Plastic Schottky barrier solar cells},
author = {Waldrop, James R and Cohen, Marshall J},
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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place = {United States},
year = {1984},
month = {1}
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