Photonic crystal morphology for organic solar cells

Doo Hyun Ko; John R. Tumbleston; Lei Zhang; Stuart Williams; Joseph M. Desimone; Rene Lopez; Edward T. Samulski

Photonic crystal morphology for organic solar cells

Doo Hyun Ko
, John R. Tumbleston
, Lei Zhang
, Stuart Williams
, Joseph M. Desimone
, Rene Lopez
, Edward T. Samulski

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Abstract

We describe a 2-D, photonic crystal morphology that enhances the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells relative to conventional planar cells. The morphology is developed by patterning an organic photoactive bulk heterojunction blend of Poly(3-(2-methyl-2-hexylcarboxylate)thiophene-co-thiophene) and PCBM via PRINT, a method that lends itself to large area fabrication of nanostructures. The photonic crystal cell offers the possibility to increase photocurrents generally, and particularly through the excitation of resonant modes near the band edge of the active PV materials. The device performance of the photonic crystal cell showed a nearly doubled increase in efficiency relative to conventional planar cell designs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	American Chemical Society - 238th National Meeting and Exposition, ACS 2009, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009 - Washington, DC, United States Duration: 16 Aug 2009 → 20 Aug 2009

Publication series

Name	ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
ISSN (Print)	0065-7727

Conference

Conference	238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	16/08/09 → 20/08/09

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Ko, DH, Tumbleston, JR, Zhang, L, Williams, S, Desimone, JM, Lopez, R & Samulski, ET 2009, Photonic crystal morphology for organic solar cells. in American Chemical Society - 238th National Meeting and Exposition, ACS 2009, Abstracts of Scientific Papers. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts, 238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009, Washington, DC, United States, 16/08/09.

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