Polymeric nanocomposite infrared photovoltaics enhanced by pentacene

Ram Thapa; Kaushik Roy Choudhury; Won Jin Kim; Yudhisthira Sahoo; A. N. Cartwright; Paras N. Prasad

doi:10.1063/1.2746082

Polymeric nanocomposite infrared photovoltaics enhanced by pentacene

Ram Thapa
, Kaushik Roy Choudhury
, Won Jin Kim
, Yudhisthira Sahoo
, A. N. Cartwright
, Paras N. Prasad

Chemistry

SUNY Buffalo
University of Florida

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An infrared active thin film polymeric photovoltaic device is fabricated from regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene), PbSe quantum dots, and the organic semiconductor pentacene. The PbSe quantum dots are infrared photosensitizers. Pentacene is incorporated into the formulation in a soluble precursor form. The current-voltage measurements of the device show that the photovoltaic performance is significantly increased by the introduction of pentacene, with both short-circuit current density and open-circuit voltage increased by a factor of 2. The improved performance of the device is attributed to the high mobility of charge carriers in pentacene probably due to conductingdomains provided by it.

Original language	English
Article number	252112
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	90
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2746082
State	Published - 2007

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