Low band gap poly(thienylene vinylene)/fullerene bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 10790-10797

  Kim, Jung Yong ^a   Qin, Yang ^a   Stevens, Derek M ^a   Ugurlu, Ozan ^a   Kalihari, Vivek ^a   Hillmyer, Marc A ^a   Daniel Frisbie, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYCLIC DIENE METATHESIS POLYMERIZATIONS; AL ELECTRODE; AMBIPOLAR; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CAST FILM; CHARGE TRANSPORT; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOW BAND GAP; METHANOFULLERENE; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT/PSS; PERCOLATING NETWORKS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY(THIENYLENE VINYLENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEMICRYSTALLINE; SOLUBILITY LIMITS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; WEIGHT FRACTIONS; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANES; COBALT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 67649249664     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp902199q     Document Type: Article

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