Influence of side chain symmetry on the performance of poly(2,5-dialkoxy-p-phenylenevinylene): fullerene blend solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 562-567

  Tuladhar, Sachetan M ^a   Sims, Marc ^a,b   Choulis, Stelios A ^a,c   Nielsen, Christian B ^a   George, Wayne N ^a   Steinke, Joachim H G ^a   Bradley, Donal D C ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Cells; Charge transport; DialkoxyPPV; Fullerene; Organic photovoltaic; Side chain symmetry

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CELLS; CHARGE TRANSFER; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ASYMMETRIC SIDE CHAIN; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DIALKOXYPPV; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIDE-CHAINS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 67349215742     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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