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Research Article

Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube/Fullerene Blended Heterojunctions for Photovoltaic Near-Infrared Photon Harvesting

Dominick J. BindlAdam S. BrewerMichael Arnold S.( )
1509 University Ave. Materials Science and Engineering Dept., University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison WI 53706 USA
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We demonstrate that the near-infrared (NIR) absorptivity of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWCNTs) can be harnessed in blended heterojunctions with the fullerene derivative [6, 6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). Photogenerated charge separation is efficiently driven by the ultrahigh interfacial area of the blends and the favorable energy offsets between the two materials. NIR-sensitive photovoltaic and photodetector devices utilizing the stack (indium tin oxide/ca. 10 nm s-SWCNT: PCBM/100 nm C60/10 nm 2, 9-dimethyl-4, 7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline (BCP)/Ag) were fabricated with NIR power conversion efficiencies > 1.3% and peak, zero bias external quantum efficiency of 18% at λ = 1205 nm.

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Cite this article:
Bindl DJ, Brewer AS, Arnold S. M. Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube/Fullerene Blended Heterojunctions for Photovoltaic Near-Infrared Photon Harvesting. Nano Research, 2011, 4(11): 1174-1179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-011-0167-0

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Received: 02 June 2011
Revised: 06 August 2011
Accepted: 08 August 2011
Published: 05 September 2011
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
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