Efficient all-polymer solar cells based on blend of tris(thienylenevinylene)-substituted polythiophene and poly[perylene diimide-alt-bis(dithienothiophene)]

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Tan, Zhan'ao ^a   Zhou, Erjun ^a   Zhan, Xiaowei ^a   Wang, Xiang ^c   Li, Yongfang ^a   Barlow, Stephen ^b   Marder, Seth R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NARROW BAND-GAP; PERYLENE DIIMIDE; POLY-THIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES; SIDE CHAINS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 50249159049     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2975160     Document Type: Article

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