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Hybrid Structures of Porous Silicon and Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications

Citation:

A. Nahor, Berger, O. , Bardavid, Y. , Toker, G. , Tamar, Y. , Asscher, M. , Yitzchaik, S. , and Sa’ar, A. . 2011. “Hybrid Structures Of Porous Silicon And Conjugated Polymers For Photovoltaic Applications”. Physica Status Solidi, 8, Pp. 1908-1912. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pssc.201000203/abstract.

Abstract:

We report on a novel approach to synthesize hybrid nanostructures of meso porous silicon and conjugated organic polymers that are suitable for solar cell applications. Meso-porous silicon substrates with relatively large pores (\~100 nm) have been exploited for electrochemical polymerization of organic monomers, which were introduced into the porous silicon matrices and electro-polymerized to create poly-vinyl-carbazole (PVK). We present electrical characteristics of a device having relatively thin films of the hybrid medium, which exhibits a photovoltaic mode of operation