Heterojunction topology versus fill factor correlations in novel hybrid small-molecular/polymeric solar cells

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Schubert, Marcel ^a   Yin, Chunhong ^a   Castellani, Mauro ^a   Bange, Sebastian ^a   Tam, Teck Lip ^b,d   Sellinger, Alan ^b   Hörhold, Hans Heinrich ^c   Kietzke, Thomas ^b,e   Neher, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON AFFINITY; FULLERENES;

BI-LAYER DEVICES; BLEND MORPHOLOGIES; DONOR/ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON DONORS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; FILL FACTORS; FREE CARRIERS; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY(P-PHENYLENE VINYLENE) DERIVATIVES (PPV); SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 62249137827     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3077007     Document Type: Article

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