Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices with transparent electrodes
AssigneeThe Trustees of Princeton University
InventorsVladimir Bulovic, Stephen R. Forrest
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Abstract
An organic photosensitive optoelectronic device optimized to enhance desired characteristics such as external quantum efficiency is described. The photosensitive optoelectronic device has at least two transparent electrodes and one or more organic photoconductive layers disposed between the transparent electrodes. In other embodiments photosensitive optoelectronic devices with multilayer photoconductive structures and photosensitive optoelectronic devices with a reflective layer are disclosed.
Claims9
An organic photosensitive optoelectronic device comprising:
- a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- two transparent metal substitute electrode layers in superposed relationship upon said first major surface of said substrate;
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- four photoconductive organic layers, having an inner pair and an outer pair, disposed between said two transparent metal substitute electrode layers, wherein said inner pair of said four photoconductive organic layers consists of a pair of photoconductive organic layers selected to form a photovoltaic heterojunction and selected to have spectral sensitivity in a specified region of the electromagnetic spectrum, and wherein said inner pair of said four photoconductive organic layers comprises aluminum tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) and 4,4′-bis[N-(1-napthyl)-N-phenyl-amino]biphenyl.
An organic photosensitive optoelectronic device comprising:
- a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- two transparent electrode layers in superposed relationship upon said first major surface of said substrate;
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- only one pair of photoconductive organic layers selected to form a photovoltaic heterojunction disposed between said two electrode layers,
- wherein the only one pair of photoconductive organic layers is selected from the group consisting of a copper phthalocyanine layer with a perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride layer, and a copper phthalocyanine layer with a 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic-bis-benzimidazole layer.
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