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Directed Self-Assembly of Hybrid Oxide/Polymer Core/Shell Nanowires with Transport Optimized Morphology for Photovoltaics

  1. Shanju Zhang1,†,
  2. Candice I. Pelligra1,
  3. Gayatri Keskar1,
  4. Jie Jiang2,
  5. Pawel W. Majewski1,
  6. André D. Taylor1,
  7. Sohrab Ismail-Beigi2,
  8. Lisa D. Pfefferle1,
  9. Chinedum O. Osuji1,*

Article first published online: 23 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103708

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 1, pages 82–87, January 3, 2012

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Zhang, S., Pelligra, C. I., Keskar, G., Jiang, J., Majewski, P. W., Taylor, A. D., Ismail-Beigi, S., Pfefferle, L. D. and Osuji, C. O. (2012), Directed Self-Assembly of Hybrid Oxide/Polymer Core/Shell Nanowires with Transport Optimized Morphology for Photovoltaics. Adv. Mater., 24: 82–87. doi: 10.1002/adma.201103708

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 9 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

  1. †

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

*Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 9 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 DEC 2011
  2. Article first published online: 23 NOV 2011
  3. Manuscript Received: 27 SEP 2011

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Keywords:

  • core-shell nanowires;
  • hybrid nanocomposites;
  • conjugated polymers;
  • lyotropic phases;
  • bulk alignment
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An entirely bottom-up approach for the preparation of liquid crystalline suspensions of core-shell nanowires for ordered bulk heterojunction photovoltaics is demonstrated. Side-on attachment of polythiophene derivatives to ZnO nanowires promotes a co-axial polymer backbone-nanowire arrangement which favors high hole mobility. This strategy offers structural control over multiple length scales and a viable means of fabricating ordered films over large areas.

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