A C70-carbon nanotube complex for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

Xinbo C. Lau; Zhiqian Wang; Somenath Mitra

doi:10.1063/1.4847376

A C70-carbon nanotube complex for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

Xinbo C. Lau, Zhiqian Wang, Somenath Mitra

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A C70 fullerene-multi-walled carbon nanotube (C70-CNT) complex has been used as a component of the photoactive layer in a bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cell. As compared to a control device with only C70, the addition of CNTs led to improvements in short circuit current density (J_sc), open circuit voltage (V_oc), and power conversion efficiency by 31.8, 17.5, and 69.5%, respectively. This device takes advantage of both the electron accepting feature of C70 and the high electron transport capability of CNTs. These results indicate that C70 decorated CNT is a promising additive for performance enhancement of polymer photovoltaic cells.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	243108
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4847376
State	Published - Dec 9 2013

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