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Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Self-Assembled Clays Nanocomposites for Roll to Roll Fabrication in Photovoltaics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Peter Njagwa Kariuki ,
Jessica Gendron ,
Christopher Matthew Madl ,
Jasper Chiguma ,
Michael E Hagerman ,
Peter Borgesen  and
Wayne E Jones Jr.
Peter Njagwa Kariuki
Affiliation:
njagwa@yahoo.compkariuk1@binghamton.edu, State University of New York at Binghamton, Chemistry and Material Science Program, Binghamton, New York, United States
Jessica Gendron
Affiliation:
jgendro1@binghamton.edu, State University of New York at Binghamton, Chemistry and Material Science Program, Binghamton, New York, United States
Christopher Matthew Madl
Affiliation:
gmadl@stny.rr.com, State University of New York at Binghamton, Chemistry and Material Science Program, Binghamton, New York, United States
Jasper Chiguma
Affiliation:
bj95108@binghamton.edu, State University of New York at Binghamton, Chemistry and Material Science Program, Binghamton, New York, United States
Michael E Hagerman
Affiliation:
hagermam@union.edu, Union College, Chemistry, Schenectady, New York, United States
Peter Borgesen
Affiliation:
pborgese@binghamton.edu, State University of New York at Binghamton, System Sciences and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton, New York, United States
Wayne E Jones Jr.
Affiliation:
wjones@binghamton.edu, State University of New York at Binghamton, Chemistry and Material Science Program, Binghamton, New York, United States
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Abstract

We have been developing a new approach to layered hybrid (inorganic/organic) photovoltaic materials for fabrication by Roll-to-Roll (R2R) manufacturing. In this report, we combine the low cost and processability of organic electrically conducting polymers with the efficiency of dye sensitized titanium dioxide, semi-conductor quantum dots (CdSe) self-assembled on layered clay materials (Laponite) onto indium tin oxide coated flexible substrate polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. We have shown electron transfer, guest-guest and host-guest interactions, charge separation, spectral line broadening, and quenching of fluorescence signals which indicate electronic coupling of the dye [Ru(bpy)3]2+ on a CdSe nanocrystal and titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy demonstrate successful nanoparticle formation and thin film self-assembly, as well as surface morphology and polymer thickness.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1196: Symposium C – Large-Area Processing and Patterning for Optical. Photovoltaic and Electronic Devices-2009 , 2009 , 1196-C06-22
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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