Influence of the molecular weight of poly(3-hexylthiophene) on the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2175-2180

  Schilinsky, Pavel ^a,c   Asawapirom, Udom ^b   Scherf, Ullrich ^b   Biele, Markus ^c   Brabec, Christoph J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c Konarka Technology GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

BAND GAP DONOR POLYMERS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SELF SUFFICIENT BUILDINGS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 17644411056     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm047811c     Document Type: Article

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