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Electronic and Optical Functionality and Photovoltaic Application of Conducting Polymer-Fullerene-Nanotube Composite

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14205046
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Electronic materials/Electric materials
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

YOSHINO Katsumi  Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor, 大学院・工学研究科, 教授 (70029205)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OZAKI Masanori  Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 大学院・工学研究科, 助教授 (50204186)
FUJII Akihiko  Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Research Associate, 大学院・工学研究科, 助手 (80304020)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥54,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥41,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥12,510,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥6,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,560,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥17,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,990,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥30,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥23,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,960,000)
Keywordsconducting polymer / fullerene / photo-induced charge transfer / carbon nanotube / photo-electrical conversion / nonlinear photoconduction / solar cell / C_<60> / 光電変換素子 / フォトダイオード
Research Abstract

Photo-excitation dynamics and interactions between polarons in concucting polymers and its interaction with fullerene and carbon nanotube have been studied, and highly efficient photovoltaic properties and novel functionality have been investigated.
Composite systems of conducting polymers doped with fullerene and nanotube have been prepared, and their ground state and photo-excited state have been discussed from the results of optical and electrical properties. Utilizing substituted fullerenes and an endohedral metallofullerene, the efficient photo-induced charge transfer could be observed in the molecular systems with conducting polymers, and the photovoltaic properties depending on the substituents of fullerene have been found.
Kinetics of decay of polaron pairs as precursors of free charge carriers at photoexcitation of poly(3-octylthiophene) under applied electrical field have been observed directly within a picosecond time domain by using the two-correlated-pulse laser technique. E … More xperiments have shown that polaron pairs were generated without any noticeable delay after the light absorption. At high enough excitation intensity, free charge carriers have been shown to take part in the second-order processes photocurrent produced by the recombination of two neighboring polaron pairs. It has been clarified that polaron pairs with two kinds of lifetimes exist and the decay time decreases by high electrical field strength, and that polaron pair is the main origin of the second-order photocurrent. The direct observation of photoluminescence within a picosecond time domain has been also discussed.
Photovoltaic properties of a photovoltaic cell with a fullerene/conducting polymer heterojunction in the photovoltaic cell fabricated by spin-coating the solution of conducting polymer onto the fullerene thin film formed on ITO. Fabricated by this process, the photovoltaic cell has demonstrated the high efficiency for solar cells based on conducting polymers. From the optical properties of fullerene/conducting polymer heterojunction and the direct surface observation by using scanning electron microscope and atmic force microscope, it has been clarified that the interpenetrating interface of fullerene and conducting polymer contributes to the high photovoltaic performance.
Surface morphology of fullerene films fabricated by vacuum deposition was modified by a spin-cast treatment process with various organic solvents used in the, and a nano-rod-shape surface has been obtained in the case of spin-cast treatment with trans-1,2-dichroloethylene. The field emission properties of fullerene films, the surface of which were modified, have been found to depend on the surface morphology. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (10 results) Publications (12 results)

  • [Journal Article] Effect of ITO Surface Micro-Modification and Improvement of Long-Wavelength Sensitivity on Photovoltaice Properties of the Photovoltaic Cell with Conducting Polymer/C_<60> Interpenetrating Heterostructure2005

    • Author(s)
      Y.Hashimoto et al.
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 44

      Pages: 1978-1981

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effect of ZnO Layer on Characteristics of Conducting Polymer /C_<60> Photovoltaic Cell2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Shirakawa et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics 37

      Pages: 847-850

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Interpenetrating Interface in Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Heterojunction of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and C_<60>2004

    • Author(s)
      A.Fujii et al.
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 43

      Pages: 5573-5576

    • NAID

      10013470974

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Ultraviolet Light Response in Photovoltaic Properties of TiO_2/Conducting Polymer Heterostructure Devices2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Umeda et al.
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letter 85

      Pages: 3139-3141

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Solvent Dependence of Interpenetrating Interface Formation in Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Heterojunction of Conducting Polymer and C_<60>2004

    • Author(s)
      A.Fujii et al.
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 43

      Pages: 8312-8315

    • NAID

      10014216937

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Properties of Polaron Pairs in Conjugated Polymers Studied by Two-Correlated-Pulses Technique2004

    • Author(s)
      Y.Nishihara et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 73

      Pages: 1888-1894

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effect of ZnO Layer on Characteristics of Conducting Polymer/C_<60> Photovoltaic Cell2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Shirakawa et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics 37

      Pages: 847-850

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effect of ZnO Layer on Characteristics of Conducting Polymer/C_<60> Photovoltaic Cell2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Shiarakawa et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics 37

      Pages: 847-847

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Interpenetrating Interface in Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Heterojunction of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and C_<60>2004

    • Author(s)
      A.Fujita et al.
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 43

      Pages: 5573-5573

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 導電性高分子/C_<60>相互浸透型ヘテロ接合素子の光電変換特性におけるITO表面の微細加工効果2004

    • Author(s)
      橋本友樹
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会論文誌 J87-C

      Pages: 734-734

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Umeda et al.: "Dependence of Optical Properties of Mono- and Di-substituted Polyacetylenes on Substituent"Synthetic Metals. 135-136. 385-386 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Nishihara et al.: "Second-order Process of Photocurrent in Conducting Polymer"Synthetic Metals. 135-136. 319-320 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Y.Nishihara et al.: "Time-Resolved Study of Fullerene Doping Effects on Photoluminescence and photoconductivity of Poly(3-alkylthiophene)""Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 42. 1788-1793 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Umeda et al.: "Improvement of Characteristics of Organic Photovoltaic Devices Composed of Conducting Polymer-Fullerene Systems by Introduction of ZnO Layer"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 42. L1475-L1477 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 白川友樹: "導電性高分子/C_<60>ヘテロ接合素子における高効率光電変換特性"電子情報通信学会論文誌. J86-C. 1366-1367 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Shirakawa et al.: "Effect of ZnO Layer on Characteristics of Conducting Polymer/C_<60> Photovoltaic Cell"Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics. 37. 847-850 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 吉野勝美: "ナノ・IT時代の分子機能材料と素子開発"株式会社エヌ・ティー・エス. 771 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] A.Fujii et al.: "Photocurret Enhancement in Conducting Polymer Device by Doping of Endohedral Metallofullerene La@C_<82>"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 40. 2254-2255 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] S.Nespurek et al.: "Origin of Broad Visible Luminescence in Poly[methyl(phenyl)silylene]Thin Films"Journal of Luminescence. 99. 131-140 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] A.Fujii et al.: "Preparation and Optical Properties of n-Type Alternating Copolymer with π-Conjugation"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 41. L804-L807 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] R.Hidayat: "Time-resolved Optical and Electrical Study of Second-order Processes Responsible for the Formation of Free Polarons in Conjugated Polymers"Physical Review B. 66. 075214-1-075214-7 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Umeda et al.: "Photoconduction Properties in Mono-and Disubstituted Polyacetylene Films"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 41. L1499-L1501 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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