A simple and effective way of achieving highly efficient and thermally stable bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells using amorphous fullerene derivatives as electron acceptor

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2598-2600

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Yip, Hin Lap ^a,b   Acton, Orb ^a   Hau, Steven K ^a   Huang, Fei ^a,b   Jen, Alex K Y ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INTERFACIAL DENSITY; ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTIONS; PHENYLENE RINGS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMALLY STABLE; TRIPHENYLAMINE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DERIVATIVES; FULLERENES; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 67650651974     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm9009282     Document Type: Article

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