PMID- 20355377
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100503
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1533-4880 (Print)
IS  - 1533-4880 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 6
DP  - 2010 Jun
TI  - Poly(3-octylthiophene)/fullerene heterojunction solar cell incorporating carbon 
      nanotubes.
PG  - 3844-8
AB  - Here, we report incorporation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in 
      Poly(3-octylthiophene)/fullerene heterojunction solar cells. Multi-walled carbon 
      nanotubes (MWNTs) were functionalized by oxygen plasma treatment. Photoelectron 
      spectroscopy study of oxygen plasma treated MWNTs shows surface modification with 
      hydroxyl and carboxyl groups. Plasma treated MWNTs were combined with 
      Poly(3-octylthiophene) and solar cell was fabricated with the structure Au/P3OT + 
      MWNTs/C60/FTO. Fabricated device shows short circuit current density (Jsc) open 
      circuit voltage (Voc), fill factor and conversion efficacy as 0.04 mA/cm2, 0.355 
      V, 21% and 0.003%. Solar cell fabricated with incorporation of MWNTs shows much 
      better device performance, then that of the device without MWNTs. MWNTs in the 
      polymer composite act as exciton dissociation site and provide efficient hole 
      transportation, and thereby improving device performance.
FAU - Kalita, Golap
AU  - Kalita G
AD  - Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chubu University, 1200 
      Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, 487-8501, Japan.
FAU - Adhikari, Sudip
AU  - Adhikari S
FAU - Aryal, Hare Ram
AU  - Aryal HR
FAU - Wakita, Koichi
AU  - Wakita K
FAU - Umeno, Masayoshi
AU  - Umeno M
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol
JT  - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
JID - 101088195
RN  - 0 (Fullerenes)
RN  - 0 (Nanotubes, Carbon)
RN  - 0 (Polymers)
RN  - 0 (Thiophenes)
RN  - 0 (poly(3-octylthiophene))
SB  - IM
MH  - *Electric Power Supplies
MH  - *Electrodes
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - Equipment Failure Analysis
MH  - Fullerenes/*chemistry
MH  - Materials Testing
MH  - Nanotechnology/*instrumentation
MH  - Nanotubes, Carbon/*chemistry/ultrastructure
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - Polymers/*chemistry
MH  - *Solar Energy
MH  - Thiophenes/*chemistry
EDAT- 2010/04/02 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/04 06:00
CRDT- 2010/04/02 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1166/jnn.2010.1974 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2010 Jun;10(6):3844-8. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2010.1974.