Small bandgap polymers for organic solar cells (polymer material development in the last 5 years)

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-582

  Kroon, Renee ^a   Lenes, Martijn ^a   Hummelen, Jan C ^a,b   Blom, Paul W M ^a   De Boer, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Low band gap; Organic photovoltaic cells; Plastic solar cells; Small band gap polymer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY;

BAND GAPS; BAND-GAP MATERIALS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE TRANSPORTING; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCES; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; LOW BAND GAP; MONOMERIC UNITS; NEW MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SMALL BAND GAP POLYMER; SMALL BANDGAP; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 49449095269     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583720802231833     Document Type: Article

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