Organic photosensitive cells having a reciprocal-carrier exciton blocking layer

Rand, Barry P; Forrest, Stephen R; Thompson, Mark E

Title: Organic photosensitive cells having a reciprocal-carrier exciton blocking layer

Abstract

A photosensitive cell includes an anode and a cathode; a donor-type organic material and an acceptor-type organic material forming a donor-acceptor junction connected between the anode and the cathode; and an exciton blocking layer connected between the acceptor-type organic material of the donor-acceptor junction and the cathode, the blocking layer consisting essentially of a material that has a hole mobility of at least 10.sup.-7 cm.sup.2/V-sec or higher, where a HOMO of the blocking layer is higher than or equal to a HOMO of the acceptor-type material.

Inventors:

Rand, Barry P ^[1]; Forrest, Stephen R ^[1]; Thompson, Mark E ^[2]

Princeton, NJ
Anaheim Hills, CA

Issue Date:: 2007-06-12

Research Org.:: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 909592

Patent Number(s):: 7230269

Application Number:: 11/150,143

Assignee:: The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, NJ); The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: 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

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L51/0046 - {Fullerenes, e.g. C60, C70}
H01L51/0062 - {aromatic compounds comprising a hetero atom, e.g.

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
H01L51/0086 - {comprising Ruthenium}
H01L2251/308 - composed of indium oxides, e.g. ITO
H01L51/4246 - {comprising multi-junctions, e.g. double hetero-junctions}
H01L51/0078 - {Phthalocyanine

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

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Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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  author       = {Rand, Barry P and Forrest, Stephen R and Thompson, Mark E},

  abstractNote = {A photosensitive cell includes an anode and a cathode; a donor-type organic material and an acceptor-type organic material forming a donor-acceptor junction connected between the anode and the cathode; and an exciton blocking layer connected between the acceptor-type organic material of the donor-acceptor junction and the cathode, the blocking layer consisting essentially of a material that has a hole mobility of at least 10.sup.-7 cm.sup.2/V-sec or higher, where a HOMO of the blocking layer is higher than or equal to a HOMO of the acceptor-type material.},

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