Electronic and photovoltaic properties of a single layer poly[3-(2″,5″-diheptyloxyphenyl)-2,2′-bithiophene] devices

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Abdalla, Taha A ^a   Mammo, Wendimagegn ^b   Workalemahu, Bantikassegn ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Fill factor; I V; Photovoltaic; Spectral response

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

FILL FACTOR; LIGHT INTENSITY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL RESPONSE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 2942654923     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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