R20-Emhamcement of photovoltaic characteristics using solvent in

hybrid polymer CdS nanorods solar cells-Li Wang, Physical Chemistry,

American Chemical Society, 2007, 9538-9542
Efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices is limited by the low carrier mobility of
polymer donors and organic acceptors as compared to inorganic semiconductors.
Inorganic nanocrystals as electron acceptors have been introduced into
conjugated polymers to create hybrid bulk heterojunctions. Hybrid inorganic-
polymer solar cells using inorganic nanocrystals with high electron mobility can
partially overcome charge-transport limitations as high electron affinity
acceptors. Multiarmed CdS nanorods have been used as the electron acceptors to
fabricate efficient hybrid solar cells. Pyridine was used as a solvent for spin
coating an active layer consisting of MEH-PPV/CdS blend instead of
chlorobenzene, short-circuit current of the device can typically be increased by six
times. Thermal treatment of the blend films can further enhance the short-circuit
current in the device. Best device performance was achieved with a power
conversion efficiency of 1.17% under AM1.5 illumination (100 mW cm-2).