Diamond-Like Carbon Electronic Devices and Methods of Manufacture

Abstract

Materials, devices, and methods for enhancing performance of electronic devices such as solar cells, thermoelectric conversion devices and other electronic devices are disclosed and described. In one aspect, a diamond-like carbon electronic device may include a conductive diamond-like carbon anode, an amorphous charge carrier separation layer adjacent the diamond-like carbon anode, and a cathode adjacent the charge carrier separation layer opposite the diamond-like carbon anode. Additionally, in another aspect the conductive diamond-like carbon material may have an sp3 bonded carbon content from about 30 atom % to about 90 atom %, a hydrogen content from 0 atom % to about 30 atom %, and an sp2 bonded carbon content from about 10 atom % to about 70 atom %. In yet another aspect, the sp2 bonded carbon content may be sufficient to provide the conductive diamond-like carbon material with a visible light transmissivity of greater than about 0.70.

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