Organic heterojunction photovoltaic cells made of discotic, mesogenic materials

T. Haßheider; S. A. Benning; M. W. Lauhof; H. S. Kitzerow; H. Bock; M. D. Watson; K. Müllen

doi:10.1080/15421400490439103

Organic heterojunction photovoltaic cells made of discotic, mesogenic materials

T. Haßheider, S. A. Benning, M. W. Lauhof, H. S. Kitzerow, H. Bock, M. D. Watson, K. Müllen

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We made photovoltaic cells containing two organic layers. The hole-conducting layer consists of a hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) derivative. The electron-conducting component is an alkylester of perylene tetracarboxylic acid. Both compounds form columnar mesophases which can provide 1D pathways for transport. The current/voltage-characteristics of the two-layer devices indicate a photovoltaic effect with an open circuit voltage of V _oc ≈ 0.8V, a short circuit current of I_sc ≈ 3.9 μA/cm², and a filling factor of FF ≤ 31%. The spectral distribution of the photocurrent of different samples indicates that excitations of the perylene derivative or of the HBC derivative both can lead to a photovoltaic effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	461/[2597]-472/[2608]
Journal	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume	413
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15421400490439103
State	Published - 2004
Event	Proceedings of the 19th International Liquid Crystal Conference, ILCC2002 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 30 2002 → Jul 5 2002

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Columnar liquid crystals
Discotic
Photovoltaic cells

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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