Improvement in light harvesting and performance of P3HT:PCBM solar cell by using 9,10-diphenylanthracene

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1582-1586

  Ismail, Yasser A M ^a   Soga, T ^a   Jimbo, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

9, 10 diphenylanthracene; Light harvesting; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

9, 10-DIPHENYLANTHRACENE; BLEND FILMS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE CARRIER TRANSFER; CONJUGATION LENGTH; CURRENT DENSITY-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DYE CONCENTRATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FILL FACTOR; LIGHT HARVESTING; METHYL ESTERS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

ABSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HARVESTING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67649401695     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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