Nanopatterning TiO2 for photovoltaic applications

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Stuart Williams, willi3ss@email.unc.edu1, Meredith J. Earl, mearl@email.unc.edu1, Zhilian Zhou, zhilian.zhou@liquidia.com2, Vignesh Gowrishankar, vigneshg@stanford.edu3, Michael D. McGehee, mmcgehee@stanford.edu3, Edward T. Samulski, et@unc.edu1, and Joseph M. DeSimone, desimone@unc.edu4. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, CB# 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (2) Liquidia Technologies, P.O. Box 110085, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, (3) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 476 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, (4) Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, CB Number 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
We describe the nano-patterning of anatase titania using PRINT, a recently developed soft lithography technique. The transparent semiconductor can be patterned over a large area using sol-gel processing techniques. These patterns have direct application for organic based photovoltaics.