Novel photovoltaic devices based on donor-acceptor molecular and conducting polymer systems

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1315-1324

  Yoshino, Katsumi ^a   Tada, Kazuya ^a   Fujii, Akihiko ^a   Conwell, Esther M ^b   Zakhidov, Anvar A ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EXCITONS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

CONDUCTING POLYMER SYSTEMS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0031211515     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.605474     Document Type: Article

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