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Determination of Nanomaterial Energy Levels for Organic Photovoltaics by Cyclic Voltammetry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Robert Ann DiLeo ,
Annick Anctil ,
Brian Landi ,
Cory Cress  and
Ryne P Raffaelle
Robert Ann DiLeo
Affiliation:
rad0468@rit.edu, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 14623, United States
Annick Anctil
Affiliation:
axa9518@rit.edu, Rochester Institute of Technology, Microsystems Engineering, Rochester, NY, 14623, United States
Brian Landi
Affiliation:
bjlsps@rit.edu, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 14623, United States
Cory Cress
Affiliation:
cory_cress@hotmail.com, Rochester Institute of Technology, Microsystems Engineering, Rochester, NY, 14623, United States
Ryne P Raffaelle
Affiliation:
rprsps@rit.edu, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 14623, United States
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Abstract

A wide variety of nanomaterials and associated nanomaterial/polymer composites are being developed in an effort to produce higher efficiency organic solar cells. This development requires a fundamental understanding of the energy levels for the individual materials, and their composites, to enable device designs which posess appropriate energy level matching. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) allows for the determination of the band gaps (Eg) and energy levels of these various nanomaterials and composites by measuring their oxidation and reduction potentials. These potentials correspond to a given material's ionization potential (IP) and electron affinity (EA), respectively. The results for the EA, IP, and Eg have been determined by CV for derivatized fullerenes and CdSe quantum dots (QD), measured in isolation, and in conjugated polymer composites with MEH-PPV. In addition, CV measurements conducted under dark and illuminated conditions were used to investigate the relationship between energy levels within the composites.

Keywords

photovoltaicelectronic structurenanostructure
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1031: Symposium H – Nanostructured Solar Cells , 2007 , 1031-H09-54
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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