University of California

Benjamin J Schwartz

Alan J Heeger

Sarah H Tolbert

Alexander L Ayzner

Fumitomo Hide

Yves Rubin

Robert D Kennedy

Merissa Halim

Christopher Day

Darcy Wanger

Maria Diaz-Garcia

Christopher J Tassone

Described herein are photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives. In one embodiment, a photovoltaic device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an active layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The active layer is configured to absorb incident light to produce a first type of charge carrier that is transported to the first electrode layer and a second type of charge carrier that is transported to the second electrode layer. The active layer includes self-assembled molecules of a fullerene derivative to provide a conductive path through at least a portion of the active layer.

Photovoltaic devices including self-assembling fullerene derivatives for improved efficiencies

Solid state lasers based upon conjugated polymers are disclosed. A conjugated polymer useful in the practice of this invention is a conjugated polymer which has a ground state and an excited state and which, in the form of a nondiluted thin film, meets the criteria of;

Conjugated polymers as materials for solid state laser

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Benjamin J Schwartz