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dc.contributor.authorBernardi, Marco
dc.contributor.authorLohrman, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorKirkeminde, Alec
dc.contributor.authorFerralis, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorGrossman, Jeffrey C.
dc.contributor.authorRen, Shenqiang
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Priyank Vijaya
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-22T18:44:48Z
dc.date.available2013-07-22T18:44:48Z
dc.date.issued2012-09
dc.date.submitted2012-06
dc.identifier.issn1936-0851
dc.identifier.issn1936-086X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79660
dc.description.abstractCarbon materials are excellent candidates for photovoltaic solar cells: they are Earth-abundant, possess high optical absorption, and maintain superior thermal and photostability. Here we report on solar cells with active layers made solely of carbon nanomaterials that present the same advantages of conjugated polymer-based solar cells, namely, solution processable, potentially flexible, and chemically tunable, but with increased photostability and the possibility to revert photodegradation. The device active layer composition is optimized using ab initio density functional theory calculations to predict type-II band alignment and Schottky barrier formation. The best device fabricated is composed of PC[subscript 70]BM fullerene, semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes, and reduced graphene oxide. This active-layer composition achieves a power conversion efficiency of 1.3%—a record for solar cells based on carbon as the active material—and we calculate efficiency limits of up to 13% for the devices fabricated in this work, comparable to those predicted for polymer solar cells employing PCBM as the acceptor. There is great promise for improving carbon-based solar cells considering the novelty of this type of device, the high photostability, and the availability of a large number of carbon materials with yet untapped potential for photovoltaics. Our results indicate a new strategy for efficient carbon-based, solution-processable, thin film, photostable solar cells.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMIT Energy Initiative Seed Funden_US
dc.description.sponsorshipIntel Corporation (Intel Ph.D. Fellowship)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn302893pen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/en_US
dc.sourcearXiven_US
dc.titleNanocarbon-Based Photovoltaicsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationBernardi, Marco, Jessica Lohrman, Priyank V. Kumar, Alec Kirkeminde, Nicola Ferralis, Jeffrey C. Grossman, and Shenqiang Ren. “Nanocarbon-Based Photovoltaics.” ACS Nano 6, no. 10 (October 23, 2012): 8896-8903. © 2012 American Chemical Societyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronicsen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorBernardi, Marcoen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorKumar, Priyank Vijayaen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorFerralis, Nicolaen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorGrossman, Jeffrey C.en_US
dc.relation.journalACS Nanoen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsBernardi, Marco; Lohrman, Jessica; Kumar, Priyank V.; Kirkeminde, Alec; Ferralis, Nicola; Grossman, Jeffrey C.; Ren, Shenqiangen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1281-2359
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-2424
mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US
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