A fullerene-single wall carbon nanotube complex for polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-13-2007

Abstract

A novel immobilized fullerene-single wall carbon nanotube (C 60-SWCNT) complex was synthesized via a microwave induced functionalization approach. It has been used as a component of the photoactive layer in a bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cell. As compared to a control device with only C60, the addition of SWCNTs resulted in an improvement of both the short circuit current density JSC and the fill factor (FF). This device takes advantage of the electron accepting feature of C60 and the high electron transport capability of SWCNTs. The results indicate that C60 decorated SWCNTs are promising additives for performance enhancement of polymer photovoltaic cells. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Identifier

34250027301 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Materials Chemistry

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1039/b618518e

e-ISSN

13645501

ISSN

09599428

First Page

2406

Last Page

2411

Issue

23

Volume

17

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