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Photovoltaic Universal Joints: Ball-and-Socket Interfaces in Molecular Photovoltaic Cells

  1. Noah J. Tremblay1,
  2. Alon A. Gorodetsky Dr.1,
  3. Marshall P. Cox2,
  4. Theanne Schiros Dr.3,4,
  5. Bumjung Kim1,
  6. Rachel Steiner5,
  7. Zachary Bullard5,
  8. Aaron Sattler1,
  9. Woo-Young So Dr.6,
  10. Yoshimitsu Itoh Dr.1,
  11. Michael F. Toney Dr.7,
  12. Hirohito Ogasawara Dr.7,
  13. Arthur P. Ramirez Prof. 8,
  14. Ioannis Kymissis Dr.2,
  15. Michael L. Steigerwald Dr.1,
  16. Colin Nuckolls Prof. 1

Article first published online: 15 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900941

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ChemPhysChem

ChemPhysChem

Volume 11, Issue 4, pages 799–803, March 15, 2010

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Tremblay, N. J., Gorodetsky, A. A., Cox, M. P., Schiros, T., Kim, B., Steiner, R., Bullard, Z., Sattler, A., So, W.-Y., Itoh, Y., Toney, M. F., Ogasawara, H., Ramirez, A. P., Kymissis, I., Steigerwald, M. L. and Nuckolls, C. (2010), Photovoltaic Universal Joints: Ball-and-Socket Interfaces in Molecular Photovoltaic Cells. ChemPhysChem, 11: 799–803. doi: 10.1002/cphc.200900941

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry and The Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (USA), Fax: (+1) 212-932-1289

  2. 2

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (USA), Fax: (+1) 212-932-9421

  3. 3

    The Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures

  4. 4

    Current Affiliation: Columbia Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC), Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (USA)

  5. 5

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (USA)

  6. 6

    Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (USA)

  7. 7

    Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Menlo Park, CA 94035 (USA)

  8. 8

    The Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (USA)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 MAR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 15 FEB 2010
  3. Manuscript Received: 1 DEC 2009

Funded by

  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: CHE-0641523
  • Department of Energy. Grant Numbers: DE-SC0001085, #DE-FG02-01ER15264, #DE-FG02-04ER46118, CHE-0619638, CHE-0717518

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Keywords:

  • conducting materials;
  • crystal growth;
  • energy conversion;
  • interfaces;
  • nanotechnology
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A new approach toward higher efficiency organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs) is described. Complementarity in shape between the donor (contorted hexabenzocoronene, see picture) and acceptor (buckminsterfullerene) molecules results in OPVs that perform surprisingly well. This exploitation of host–guest chemistry at the organic/organic interface demonstrates a new direction for OPV device design.

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