A Bicontinuous Double Gyroid Hybrid Solar Cell

Edward J. W. Crossland; Marleen Kamperman; Mihaela Nedelcu; Caterina Ducati; Ulrich Wiesner; Detlef-M. Smilgies; Gilman E. S. Toombes; Marc A. Hillmyer; Sabine Ludwigs; Ullrich Steiner; Henry J. Snaith

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A Bicontinuous Double Gyroid Hybrid Solar Cell

Edward J. W. Crossland, Marleen Kamperman, Mihaela Nedelcu, Caterina Ducati, Ulrich Wiesner, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Gilman E. S. Toombes, Marc A. Hillmyer, Sabine Ludwigs, Ullrich Steiner, Henry J. Snaith

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We report the first successful application of an ordered bicontinuous gyroid semiconducting network in a hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cell. The freestanding gyroid network is fabricated by electrochemical deposition into the 10 nm wide voided channels of a self-assembled, selectively degradable block copolymer film. The highly ordered pore structure is ideal for uniform infiltration of an organic hole transporting material, and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells only 400 nm thick exhibit up to 1.7% power conversion efficiency. This patterning technique can be readily extended to other promising heterojunction systems and is a major step toward realizing the full potential of self-assembly in the next generation of device technologies. © 2009 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2807-2812
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	9
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl803174p
State	Published - Aug 12 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Acknowledgements: M.K. and M.A.H. acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation (DMR-0605856 and DMR-0605880, respectively). X-ray diffraction at CHESS is supported by the National Science Foundation. E.J.W.C. was supported by the EPSRC, and M.N., S.L., and U.S. acknowledge the European RTN-6 Network "Polyfilm". This work was further funded in part by KAUST. The sabbatical leaves of U.W. and M.A.H. were supported by the Leverhulme Trust and EPSRC. C.D. acknowledges the Royal Society for financial support. G.E.S.T. acknowledges the support of DOE.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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