Bulk heterojunction solar cells from poly(3-butylthiophene)/ fullerene blends: In situ self-assembly of nanowires, morphology, charge transport, and photovoltaic properties

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6199-6207

  Xin, Hao ^a   Ren, Guoqiang ^a   Kim, Felix Sunjoo ^a   Jenekhe, Samson A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS; BLEND COMPONENTS; BLEND COMPOSITIONS; BLEND RATIOS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS; CHARGE TRANSPORTS; CONTINUOUS; FILL-FACTOR; FILM MORPHOLOGIES; IN-SITU; INTERCONNECTED NETWORKS; LIGHT INTENSITIES; LIMITED CURRENTS; LINEAR DEPENDENCES; MAXIMUM POWERS; OPEN CIRCUITS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; PROMISING APPROACHES; REGIOREGULAR POLIES; RELATIVELY CONSTANTS;

ABS RESINS; ACIDS; CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC WIRE; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRANSISTORS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 54849435834     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm801324m     Document Type: Article

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