A low band gap, solution processable oligothiophene with a dialkylated diketopyrrolopyrrole chromophore for use in bulk heterojunction solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Tamayo, Arnold Bernarte ^a   Dang, Xuan Dang ^a   Walker, Bright ^a   Seo, Junghwa ^a   Kent, Tyler ^a   Nguyen, Thuc Quyen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLE; LOW BAND GAPS; METHYL ESTERS; OLIGO THIOPHENES; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; POWER-CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSABLE; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENT DENSITIES; SMALL MOLECULES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 62549166701     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3086897     Document Type: Article

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