Organic heterojunction photovoltaic cells made of discotic, mesogenic materials

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 413, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hassheider T ^a   Benning, S A ^a   Lauhof, M W ^a   Kitzerow, H S ^a   Bock, H ^b   Watson, M D ^c   Mullen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Columnar liquid crystals; Discotic; Photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; DISCOTIC; MESOGENIC MATERIALS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 12844267538     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400490439103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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