Formation and characterization of polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 69, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1276-1279

  Oku, Takeo ^a   Nagaoka, Syuichi ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Kikuchi, Kenji ^a   Hayashi, Yasuhiko ^b   Inukai, Hironori ^b   Sakuragi, Hayato ^b   Soga, Tetsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A.Thin films; B. Chemical synthesis; D. Semiconductivity

Indexed keywords

FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FULLERENE BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PHOTORESPONSE; SEMICONDUCTIVITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 43449133282     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2007.10.117     Document Type: Article

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