High-performance polymer heterojunction solar cells of a polysilafluorene derivative

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Ergang ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Lan, Linfeng ^a   Luo, Chan ^a   Zhuang, Wenliu ^a   Peng, Junbiao ^a   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ESTERS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

ALTERNATING COPOLYMER; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; POLYSILAFLUORENE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 38549182329     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2836266     Document Type: Article

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