The influence of poly(3-hexylthiophene) regioregularity on fullerene-composite solar cell performance

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 16324-16329

  Woo, Claire H ^a,b   Thompson, Barry C ^c   Kim, Bumjoon J ^b,c   Toney, Michael F ^d   Fréchet, Jean M J ^a,b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTORESISTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THIOPHENE;

BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS; COMPOSITE SOLAR CELLS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DRIVING FORCES; FULLERENE COMPOSITES; GRAZING INCIDENCES; PEAK EFFICIENCIES; POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATIONS; POLYMER SAMPLES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYTHIOPHENES; REGIOREGULARITY; SEMICRYSTALLINE; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENTS; THERMAL STABILITIES; TRANSPORT CHARGES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ESTER; FULLERENE; METHYL GROUP; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 57149094862     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja806493n     Document Type: Article

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