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Letter

A Schottky Barrier Type Solar Cell Using Polyacetylene

Jun Tsukamoto, Hiroji Ohigashi, Kiichiro Matsumura¹ and Akio Takahashi¹

(Received November 28, 1980; accepted for publication December 25, 1980)

Schottky barrier type solar cells have been fabricated using polyacetylene, (CH)_x as the semiconductive material. Under illumination from a tungsten lamp source (\simeq40 mW/cm²), V_sc\simeq0.4 V, J_oc\simeq40 µA/cm² and F.F.\simeq0.25 were obtained. The energy conversion efficiency is estimated to be 0.2% relative to the energy absorbed within the depletion region.

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DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.20.L127

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