Nano Optoelectronic Sensors and Devices

Chapter 11. Organic Solar Cells Enhanced by Carbon Nanotubes

Guangyong Li and Liming Liu

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter Outline

11.1 Introduction 183

11.2 Application of Carbon Nanotubes in Organic Solar Cells 184

11.3 Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube-Enhanced Organic Solar Cells 185

11.4 Performance Analysis of OSCs Enhanced by CNTs 185

11.4.1 J-V of SWCNTs-Enhanced OSCs Under Illumination 186

11.4.2 J-V of SWCNTs-Enhanced OSCs in Dark 190

11.5 Electrical Role of SWCNTs in OSCs 193

11.6 Summary 197

References 197

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely used in different aspects of photovoltaics (PV). First, CNTs could be a good replacement for indium tin oxide (ITO) as the transparent electrode ...