Nanomaterials for hybrid organic-inorganic optoelectronic devices processed from solution

Inorganic nanomaterials can combine advantages typical for organic semiconductors, especially the fabrication by simple solution processes, and the high performance associated with inorganic semiconductors. In this work, we investigate the integration of such nanomaterials into solution-processed, organic-inorganic thin film solar cells and light emitting diodes. For this surface functionalized silicon quantum dots serve as active materials for light emission and absorption, spray-deposited metal nanowires from silver and copper as transparent conductive electrodes.