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Nanostructured, Active Organic–Metal Junctions for Highly Efficient Charge Generation and Extraction in Polymer‐Fullerene Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Pandey Ajay K.,
Aljada Muhsen,
Velusamy Marappan,
Burn Paul L.,
Meredith Paul
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201103896
Subject(s) - materials science , fullerene , organic solar cell , extraction (chemistry) , planar , charge (physics) , nanotechnology , interface (matter) , trapping , metal , polymer , optoelectronics , computer science , organic chemistry , chemistry , computer graphics (images) , physics , quantum mechanics , ecology , capillary number , capillary action , biology , metallurgy , composite material
A facile one step method for periodic nanostructuring of organic solar cells is presented . The nanostructured metal–organic interface delivers combined enhanced light trapping and improved charge extraction leading to up to a 10% increase in power conversion efficiency of already optimized planar devices.