Abstract
Abstract We report on solution‐processed hybrid solar cells consisting of a nanocrystalline inorganic semiconductor, CuInS 2 , and organic materials. Synthesis of quantized CuInS 2 nanoparticles was performed using a colloidal route, where the particle surface was shielded by an organic surfactant. First attempts were made to use nanocrystalline CuInS 2 with fullerene derivatives to form flat‐interface donor–acceptor heterojunction solar cells. We investigated also bulk heterojunctions by replacing the CuInS 2 single layer by a blend of CuInS 2 and p‐type polymer (PEDOT:PSS; poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene:poly(styrene sulfonic acid) in the same cell configuration. Bulk heterojunction solar cells show better photovoltaic response with external quantum efficiencies up to 20 %.
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Materials sciencePEDOT:PSSHeterojunctionNanocrystalline materialHybrid solar cellPolymer solar cellOrganic solar cellNanoparticleSolar cellChemical engineeringNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsPolymerLayer (electronics)Composite material
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- 13
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- 2
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- 165-171
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Elif Arici,
Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi,
D Meißner
(2003).
Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Nanoparticles of CuInS<sub>2</sub> in Organic Matrices.
Advanced Functional Materials
, 13
(2)
, 165-171.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200390024
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- 10.1002/adfm.200390024