Citation:
Nahor, A. ; Berger, O. ; Bardavid, Y. ; Toker, G. ; Tamar, Y. ; Asscher, M. ; Yitzchaik, S. ; Sa’ar, A. Hybrid Structures of Porous Silicon and Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications. Physica Status Solidi 2011, 8 1908-1912.
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