Composites of Carbon Nanotubes and Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaic Devices

作者：Hiroki Ago, K. Petritsch, Milo S. P. Shaffer, Alan H. Windle, Richard Henry Friend · 发表于：Advanced Materials · 年份：1999 · DOI：10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199910)11:15<1281::aid-adma1281>3.0.co;2-6 · 被引用次数：695 · 研究领域：Carbon Nanotubes in Composites、Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics、Conducting polymers and applications

The advantages of combining carbon nanotubes with conjugated polymers for high-efficiency photovoltaic devices are explored in this article. The preparation and optical properties of a composite of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) are reported and the efficiency of a photovoltaic device fabricated from the composite investigated. A quantum efficiency approximately twice that of the standard ITO device is reported, believed to be due in part to a complex interpenetrating network of polymer chains and MWNTs.