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Band energy structure arrangement for organic solar cells with metalized deoxyribonucleic acid strands on anode electrode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2011

Ali Bilge Guvenc ,
Shirui Guo ,
Cengiz Ozkan  and
Mihrimah Ozkan
Ali Bilge Guvenc
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A.
Shirui Guo
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A.
Cengiz Ozkan
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, U.S.A. Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.
Mihrimah Ozkan
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Deoxyribonucleic acids provide exciting opportunities as templates in self assembled architectures and functionality in terms of optical and electronic properties. In this study, we investigate the effects of metalized DNA sequences in organic bulk-heterojunction solar cells. These effects are characterized via optical, quantum efficiency and current-voltage measurements. We demonstrated that by arranging the band energy structure of the devices via placing metalized deoxyribonucleic acid sequences on the hole collection side of the active layer lead to a 20% increase in the power conversion efficiency.

Keywords

absorptionphotovoltaicorganic
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1323: Symposium C – Advanced Materials Processing for Scalable Solar-Cell Manufacturing , 2011 , mrss11-1323-c05-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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