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Crafting Semiconductor Organic−Inorganic Nanocomposites via Placing Conjugated Polymers in Intimate Contact with Nanocrystals for Hybrid Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Zhao Lei,
Lin Zhiqun
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.201201196
Subject(s) - materials science , nanocomposite , nanotechnology , semiconductor , hybrid solar cell , photovoltaic system , polymer , fabrication , organic semiconductor , nanocrystal , polymer solar cell , optoelectronics , composite material , medicine , ecology , alternative medicine , pathology , biology
Semiconductor organic−inorganic hybrid solar cells incorporating conjugated polymers (CPs) and nanocrystals (NCs) offer the potential to deliver efficient energy conversion with low‐cost fabrication. The CP‐based photovoltaic devices are complimented by an extensive set of advantageous characteristics from CPs and NCs, such as lightweight, flexibility, and solution‐processability of CPs, combined with high electron mobility and size‐dependent optical properties of NCs. Recent research has witnessed rapid advances in an emerging field of directly tethering CPs on the NC surface to yield an intimately contacted CP−NC nanocomposite possessing a well‐defined interface that markedly promotes the dispersion of NCs within the CP matrix, facilitates the photoinduced charge transfer between these two semiconductor components, and provides an effective platform for studying the interfacial charge separation and transport. In this Review, we aim to highlight the recent developments in CP−NC nanocomposite materials, critically examine the viable preparative strategies geared to craft intimate CP−NC nanocomposites and their photovoltaic performance in hybrid solar cells, and finally provide an outlook for future directions of this extraordinarily rich field.