Two novel cyclopentadithiophene-based alternating copolymers as potential donor components for high-efficiency bulk-heterojunction-type solar cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4045-4050

  Moulé, Adam J ^a,b   Tsami, Argiri ^c   Bünnagel, Torsten W ^c,e   Forster, Michael ^c   Kronenberg, Nils M ^a   Scharber, Markus ^d   Koppe, Markus ^d   Morana, Mauro ^d   Brabec, Christoph J ^d   Meerholz, Klaus ^a   Scherf, Ullrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^e Cambridge Display Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; FOOD ADDITIVES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MIXING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENE;

ALTERNATING COPOLYMERS; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); ATOMIC FORCE (AF); BAND GAPS; BENZOTHIADIAZOLE (BT); BULK-HETEROJUNCTIONS; HETERO JUNCTION; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY; MIXING RATIOS; PHASE IMAGING; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POLYTHIOPHENES (PT); SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; THIENYL;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 47749130745     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm8006638     Document Type: Article

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