Stanford University - The Global Climate and Energy Project

Global Climate & Energy Project
STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Results and Publications

Ordered Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells

Start Date: January 2004
Status: Completed

Investigator

Michael McGehee, Department of Materials Science, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Gowrishankar, V., S. R. Scully, A. T. Chan, M. D., McGehee, Q. Wang, and H. M. Branz “Exciton Harvesting, Charge Transfer, and Charge-Carrier Transport in Amorphous-Silicon Nanopillar/Polymer Hybrid Solar Cells.” Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 103, No. 6, pp. 064511-1-8, doi:10.1063/1.2896583 (2008).
Mayer, A.C., S. R. Scully, B. E. Hardin, M. W. Rowell, and M. D. McGehee. “Polymer-Based Solar Cells.” Materials Today, Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 28-33, doi:10.1016/S1369-7021(07)70276-6 (2007).
Scully, S. R., P. B. Armstrong, C. Edder, J. M. J. Frechet, and M. D. McGehee. “Long-range resonant energy transfer for enhanced exciton harvesting for organic solar cells.” Advanced Materials, Vol. 19, pp. 2961-2966, doi:10.1002/adma.200700917 (2007).
Goh, C., S. R. Scully, and M. D. McGehee. “Effects of molecular interface modification in hybrid organic-inorganic photovoltaic cells.” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 101, No. 11, pp. 114503 1-12, doi:10.1063/1.2737977 (2007).

Koganti, V. R., D. Dunphy, V. Gowrishankar, M. D. McGehee, X. F. Li, J. Wang, and S. E. Rankin. “Generalized coating route to silica and titania films with orthogonally tilted cylindrical nanopore arrays.” Nano Letters, 6, pp. 2567-2570, doi:10.1021/nl061992v (2006).
V. Gowrishankar, SR, Scully, MD, McGehee, Q,Wang, HM, Branz, “Exciton splitting and carrier transport across the amorphous-silicon/polymer solar cell interface”, Applied Physics Letters, 89 p. 252102-1-3 (2006)
Gowrishankar, V., Miller, N., McGehee, M.D., Misner, M.J., Rye, D.Y., Russell, T.P., Drockenmuller, E., & Hawker, C.J. Fabrication of Densely-Packed, Well-Ordered, High-Aspect-Ratio Silicon Nanopillars Over Large Areas Using Block Copolymer Lithography. Thin Solid Films 513:1-2, 289-294 (2006)
Liu, Y., Scully, S.R., McGehee, M.D., Liu, J., Luscombe, C.K., Frechet, J.M.J., Shaheen, S.E., & Ginley, D.S. Dependence of Band Offset and Open Circuit Voltage on the Interfacial Interaction Between TiO₂ and Carboxylated Polythiophenes. J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 3257-61 (2006)
Goh, C., & McGehee, M.D. Organic Semiconductors for Low-Cost Solar Cells. The Bridge 35, 33-39 (2005)
Liu, Y., Summers, M.A., Edder, C., Frechet, J.M.J., & McGehee, M.D. Using Resonance Energy Transfer to Improve Exciton Harvesting in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells. Adv. Mater. 17, 2960-4 (2005)
Coakley, K.M., Srinivasan, B.S., Ziebarth, J.M., Goh, C., Liu, Y., & McGehee, M.D. Enhanced Hole Mobility in Regioregular Polythiophene Infiltrated in Straight Nanopores. Adv. Funct. Mater. 15, 1927-32 (2005)
Goh, C., Coakley, K.M., & McGehee, M.D. Nanostructuring Titania by Embossing with Polymer Molds Made from Anodic Alumina Templates. Nanoletters 5, 1545-9 (2005)
Coakley, K.M., Liu, Y., Goh, C. & McGehee, M.D. Ordered Organic-Inorganic Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells. Mat. Res. Soc. Bul. 30, 37-40 (2005)
Coakley, K.M. & McGehee, M.D. Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Cells. Chem. Mat. 16, 4533-42 (2004)
Liu, J.S., Kadnikova, E.N., Liu, Y., McGehee, M.D. & Frechet, J.M.J. Polythiophene Containing Thermally Removable Solubilizing Groups Enhances the Interface and the Performance of Polymer-Titania Hybrid Solar Cells. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 126, 9486-7 (2004)

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