Improvement of photovoltaic efficiency by polar molecule orientation in a newly developed semiconducting polymer

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 516, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 8963-8968

  Kazukauskas V ^a   Cyras V ^a   Pranaitis, M ^a   Sentein, C ^b   Rocha, L ^b   Raimond, P ^b   Duyssens, I ^c   Van Severen, I ^c   Cleij, T ^d   Lutsen, L ^c   Vanderzande, D ^c,d  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Electric properties and measurements; Optical properties; Organic semiconductors; Polymers

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARRIER INJECTIONS; CHAIN ORIENTATIONS; CHARGE TRANSPORTING; CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES AND MEASUREMENTS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONALIZED; GROUND-STATE; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; NITRO-BENZENE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; POLAR MOLECULES; POLY-P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC; SINGLE-LAYER DEVICES; TEST SYSTEMS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 52349095797     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.11.071     Document Type: Article

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