Hybrid solar cells with thermal deposited semiconductive oxide layer

US6706962B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sony International (Europe) GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gabrielle Nelles · Stuttgart, DE
• Akio Yasuda · Eßlingen, DE
• Hans-Werner Schmidt · Bayreuth, DE
• Mukundan Thelakkat · Bayreuth, DE
• Christoph Schmitz · Euskirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method for producing a hybrid organic solar cell having the general structureSubstrate+EM/HTM/dye/SOL/EM, orSubstrate+EM/SOL/dye/HTM/EM, orSubstrate+EM/HTM/SOL/EM, in whichEM is the electrode material that may be a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) or metal, with at least one of the EM layer(s) of the cell being a TCO,HTM is the hole transport material,SOL is a semiconducting oxide layer,“dye” is a suitable dye, and the SOL layer is vapor deposited.