A film surface imprinted with nanometer-sized particles to produce micro-
and/or nano-structured electron and hole collecting interfaces,
including: at least one substrate; at least one photoabsorbing conjugated
polymer (including polybutylthiophene (pbT)) applied on a substrate,
nanometer-sized particles including multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT)
to produce a charge separation interface; at least one transparent
polymerizable layer, wherein the MWNT are embedded in the conjugated
polymer to produce mixture and applied on a substrate to form a MWNT
bearing surface film layer to form a stamp surface which is imprinted
into the surface of the polymerizable film layer to produce micro- and/or
nano-structured electron and hole collecting interfaces; polymerizing the
polymerizable film layer to form a conformal gap between the MWNT stamp
surface and the surface of the polymerizable film layer, and filling the
gap with a photoabsorbing material to promote the generation of
photoexcited electrons and transport to the charge separation interface.