Engineering of hybrid heterostructures from organic semiconductors and quantum dots for advanced photovoltaic applications

Sergey Dayneko; Marine Tedoradze; Mikhail Artemyev; Igor Nabiev; Alexander A. Chistyakov

doi:10.1117/12.929573

31 October 2012 Engineering of hybrid heterostructures from organic semiconductors and quantum dots for advanced photovoltaic applications

Sergey Dayneko, Marine Tedoradze, Mikhail Artemyev, Igor Nabiev, Alexander A. Chistyakov

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Proceedings Volume 8471, Next Generation (Nano) Photonic and Cell Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion III; 84710W (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929573
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are characterized by high extinction coefficients adjustable by varying the nanoparticle size and a high quantum yield of charge generation. They have the advantage of efficient charge transfer from QDs to organic semiconductors. An advanced photovoltaic cell where a SnO₂/ITO electrode is covered with layers of CdSe QDs integrated in a polyimide (PI) organic semiconductor (about 100 nm thick) and Cu–phthalocyanine (20–40 nm thick) has been developed.Laser-induced photoluminescence analysis has permitted the optimization of the QD concentration in the PI matrix. Special attention has been paid to the electrode surface quality, including the effect of oxygen-plasma treatment of the transparent SnO₂/ITO electrode surface on the heterostructure photoconductivity. The mechanisms of excitation and charge transfers from QDs to the organic semiconductor and their effects on the efficiency of solar radiation conversion to electricity are discussed. Photovoltaic study of the structures developed has been performed, and the effect of the Cu–phthalocyanine layer on their photoconductivity has been estimated. The photovoltaic efficiency of optimized PI–CdSe hybrid structures approaches that of the best performing systems based on the MEH–PPV organic semiconductor. Incorporation of CdSe QDs in MEH–PPV has been demonstrated to increase the photovoltaic efficiency of the system by 50%, thus allowing the development of novel QD-based inorganic/organic hybrid materials with considerably improved photovoltaic properties.

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Sergey Dayneko, Marine Tedoradze, Mikhail Artemyev, Igor Nabiev, and Alexander A. Chistyakov "Engineering of hybrid heterostructures from organic semiconductors and quantum dots for advanced photovoltaic applications", Proc. SPIE 8471, Next Generation (Nano) Photonic and Cell Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion III, 84710W (31 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929573

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