Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on soluble poly(thienylene vinylene) derivatives

Organic Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 740-746

  Girotto, Claudio ^a,b   Cheyns, David ^a,b   Aernouts, Tom ^a   Banishoeib, Fateme ^c   Lutsen, Laurence ^c   Cleij, Thomas J ^c   Vanderzande, Dirk ^c   Genoe, Jan ^a   Poortmans, Jef ^a,b   Heremans, Paul ^a,b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells; Low bandgap polymer; Poly (2,5 thienylene vinylene); PTV; Soluble derivatives

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUTYRIC ACID; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FILMS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DITHIOCARBAMATE PRECURSOR ROUTE; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; POLY(2 ,5-THIENYLENE VINYLENE); POLY(THIENYLENE VINYLENE); SOLUBLE DERIVATIVES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 49049091737     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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