Stability issues of conjugated polymer/fullerene solar cells from a chemical viewpoint

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4108, Issue , 2001, Pages 76-84

  Hummelen, J C ^a   Knol, J ^a   Sanchez L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Conjugated polymer; Cycloaddition; Dimerization; Fullerenes; Oxidation; Photovoltaics; PPV; Stability; Stilbenes

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; FULLERENES; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; MIXTURES; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

CYCLOREVERSION; DONOR ACCEPTOR BLENDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL CYCLOADDITION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0035049591     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.416934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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