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Title: | Improvement of photovoltaic efficiency by polar molecule orientation in a newly developed semiconducting polymer | Authors: | Kazukauskas, V. Cyras, V. Pranaitis, M. Sentein, C. Rocha, L. Raimond, P. DUYSSENS, Iris VAN SEVEREN, Ineke CLEIJ, Thomas LUTSEN, Laurence VANDERZANDE, Dirk |
Issue Date: | 2008 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA | Source: | THIN SOLID FILMS, 516(24). p. 8963-8968 | Abstract: | We report investigations of a new purposefully designed and synthesized functionalized soluble poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) derivative bearing polar diode-like molecules (NLO-PPV). The active polar molecule is the 4-(N-butyl-N-2-hydroxyethyl)-l-nitro-benzene group on the copolymer. The grafting of the push-pull molecule with a donor/transmitter/acceptor structure, possessing a large ground state dipole moment, enables the efficient molecular orientation by a DC-electric field. An internal electric field could be stored in such system, facilitating exciton dissociation and improving charge transport in polymer photovoltaic single-layer devices, resulting in increased efficiency. In the test systems an increase of the external quantum efficiency by a factor of about 1.5 to 2 took place upon orientation of the polar molecules. The effect of orientation on the carrier injection and transport properties depending on the chain orientation direction was evidenced. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | Notes: | [Kazukauskas, V.; Cyras, V.; Pranaitis, M.] Vilnius State Univ, Dept Semicond Phys, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania. [Kazukauskas, V.; Cyras, V.; Pranaitis, M.] Vilnius State Univ, Inst Mat Sci & Appl Res, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania. [Sentein, C.; Rocha, L.; Raimond, P.] CEA Saclay, DRT LITEN DTS LCS, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France. [Duyssens, I.; Van Severen, I.; Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.] IMEC, IMOMEC Div, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Cleij, T.; Vanderzande, D.] Hasselt Univ, SBG OS Dept, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | Keywords: | Polymers; Organic semiconductors; Optical properties; Electric properties and measurements; Conductivity | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/9099 | ISSN: | 0040-6090 | e-ISSN: | 1879-2731 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.11.071 | ISI #: | 000260945200025 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2009 |
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