Free energy control of charge photogeneration in polythiophene/fullerene solar cells: The influence of thermal annealing on P3HT/PCBM blends

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4029-4035

  Clarke, Tracey M ^a   Ballantyne, Amy M ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a   Bradley, Donal D C ^a   Durrant, James R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BINDING ENERGY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLANNING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BANDGAP POLYMERS; BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS; CHARGE GENERATIONS; CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; COULOMBIC BINDINGS; EFFICIENT DISSOCIATIONS; FREE CHARGES; FREE ENERGY CONTROLS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPTICAL-; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYTHIOPHENE; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENTS; RADICAL PAIRS; THERMAL ANNEALING; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 57849118804     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200800727     Document Type: Article

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