Charge transport and efficiency in photovoltaic devices based on polyfluorene blends

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5520, Issue , 2004, Pages 26-35

  Snaith, Henry J ^a   Malone, Ian B ^a   Ramsdale, Catherine M ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a   Greenham, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Open circuit voltage; Photovoltaic devices

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FULLERENES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS;

IONIZATION POTENTIALS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLARON PAIRS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 13444267783     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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