title: Luminscent graphene quantum dots for organic photovoltaic devices.
abstract: Recent research in organic photovoltaic (OPV) is largely focused on developing low cost OPV materials such as graphene. However, graphene sheets (GSs) blended conjugated polymers are known to show inferior OPV characteristics as compared to fullerene adduct blended with conjugated polymer. Here, we demonstrate that graphene quantum dots blended with regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) or poly(2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4phenylenevinylene) polymer results in a significant improvement in the OPV characteristics as compared to GSs blended conjugated polymers. This work has implications for inexpensive and efficient solar cells as well as organic light emitting diodes.
authors.affiliation: Organic and Hybrid Solar Cell Group, National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India. drvinaygupta@netscape.net
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Gauri Datt
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Ramil
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chand