Photovoltaic and photophysical properties of a novel bis-3-hexylthiophene substituted quinoxaline derivative

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1162-1169

  Günes, Serap ^a,b   Baran, Derya ^c   Günbas, Görkem ^c   Özyurt, Funda ^c   Fuchsbauer, Anita ^a   Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar ^a   Toppare, Levent ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Conjugated polymers; Electrochromic polymers; Novel thiophene derivative; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIOPHENE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHROMIC POLYMERS; INCIDENT PHOTON TO CURRENT EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUINOXALINE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 45049084899     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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