TY - JOUR
T1 - Fullerene nanowires produced by single particle nanofabrication technique and their photovoltaic applications
AU - Suwa, Shotaro
AU - Maeyoshi, Yuta
AU - Tsukuda, Satoshi
AU - Sugimoto, Masaki
AU - Saeki, Akinori
AU - Seki, Shu
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The single particle nanofabrication technique (SPNT) provides a facile and universal method to afford homogeneous, stiff, and semiconducting nanowires composed of fullerene derivatives. Following our previous success in methanofullerene (PCBM) nanowires hybridized with bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics (OPV) of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and PCBM, we extended the research to indene C60 bis-adduct (ICBA). The power conversion efficiency of P3HT:ICBA OPV incorporating optimized length of ICBA nanowires was improved from 2.36% to 2.92%, alongside the increase of short circuit current density. We also discuss the interaction between substrate and unexposed fullerenes by examining immersing time to isolate such a short (50 nm) and thin (11 nm in radius) ICBA nanowire.
AB - The single particle nanofabrication technique (SPNT) provides a facile and universal method to afford homogeneous, stiff, and semiconducting nanowires composed of fullerene derivatives. Following our previous success in methanofullerene (PCBM) nanowires hybridized with bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics (OPV) of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and PCBM, we extended the research to indene C60 bis-adduct (ICBA). The power conversion efficiency of P3HT:ICBA OPV incorporating optimized length of ICBA nanowires was improved from 2.36% to 2.92%, alongside the increase of short circuit current density. We also discuss the interaction between substrate and unexposed fullerenes by examining immersing time to isolate such a short (50 nm) and thin (11 nm in radius) ICBA nanowire.
KW - Fullerene nanowire
KW - Organic photovoltaics
KW - Single particle nanofabrication technique
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U2 - 10.2494/photopolymer.26.193
DO - 10.2494/photopolymer.26.193
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84881505247
SN - 0914-9244
VL - 26
SP - 193
EP - 197
JO - Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology
IS - 2
ER -
