Efficient methano[70]fullerene/MDMO-PPV bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 29, 2003, Pages 3371-3375

  Wienk, Martijn M ^a,c   Kroon, Jan M ^a   Verhees, Wiljan J H ^a   Knol, Joop ^b   Hummelen, Jan C ^b   Van Hal, Paul A ^c   Janssen, René A J ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Fullerenes; Polymers; Solar cells; Time resolved spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; FULLERENES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOEXCITATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

FULLERENE; POLY(4 PHENYLENE VINYLENE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON; ENERGY RESOURCE; FILM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0042530483     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351647     Document Type: Article

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