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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Somenath Mitra, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Cheng LI, Harrison, NJ (US);
Somenath Mitra, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Cheng Li, Harrison, NJ (US);
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
Organic and organic/inorganic hybrid bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices with improved efficiencies are disclosed. The organic photovoltaic device comprises a photoactive polymer:fullerene C-carbon nanotube (polymer:C-CNT) composite as a component of the active layer. Under light irradiation, photoinduced charge separation at the polymer:Cinterface is followed by electron transfer from Conto CNTs for efficient electron transport towards an electrode. The organic/inorganic hybrid photovoltaic device comprises quantum dots and carbon nanotubes. Power conversion efficiency enhancement methods of polymer-CNT based photovoltaics are also provided.