Thienyl analog of 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)propyl-1-phenyl-[6,6]- methanofullerene for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices in combination with polythiophenes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Popescu, Lacramioara M ^a   Van 'T Hof, Patrick ^a   Sieval, Alexander B ^a   Jonkman, Harry T ^a   Hummelen, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE TRANSPORT; PHENYL GROUP; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYTHIOPHENES;

FULLERENES;

EID: 33845424364     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2397003     Document Type: Article

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