P3HT/PCBM/SWNTs photovoltaic devices

Emmanuel Kymakis; Emmanuel Koudoumas

doi:10.1117/12.782785

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16 April 2008 P3HT/PCBM/SWNTs photovoltaic devices

Emmanuel Kymakis, Emmanuel Koudoumas

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Proceedings Volume 6999, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics III; 69991N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782785
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

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It is shown that the introduction of functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes SWNTs in bulk heterojunction polymer-fullerene photovoltaic devices results in an improvement of both the short circuit current density and the fill factor. An optimum performance with a power conversion efficiency of 1.4% is obtained with 0.5 wt% of SWNTs in a (1:1) P3HT/PCBM mixture. The results indicate that the addition of nanotubes enhances the performance of polymerfullerene photovoltaic cells by means of both the electron accepting feature of fullerenes and the high electron transport capability of SWNTs.

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Emmanuel Kymakis and Emmanuel Koudoumas "P3HT/PCBM/SWNTs photovoltaic devices", Proc. SPIE 6999, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics III, 69991N (16 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782785

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