Photovoltaic action of conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells using novel PPE-PPV copolymers

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 3462-3467

  Hoppe, H ^a   Egbe, D A M ^b   Muhlbacher D ^c   Sariciftci, N S ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPLEXATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHTING; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SOLAR CELLS;

CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; MOLECULAR ORBITS; PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; FULLERENE; PLASTIC; POLY(2,5 DIOCTYL 1,4 PHENYLENEDIETHYNYLENE 2,5 OCTYLOXY 1,4 PHENYLENEVINYLENE 2,5 BIS(2' ETHYL)HEXYLOXY 1,4 PHENYLENEVINYLENE); POLY(2,5 DIOCTYLOXY 1,4 PHENYLENEETHYNYLENE 9,10 ANTHRACENYLENEETHYNYLENE 2,5 DIOCTYLOXY 1,4 PHENYLENEVINYLENE 2,5 BIS(2' ETHYL)HEXYLOXY 1,4 PHENYLENEVINYLENE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 10644228400     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b407794f     Document Type: Article

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