Outstanding short-circuit currents in BHJ solar cells based on NIR-absorbing acceptor-substituted squaraines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 8776-8779

  Mayerhöffer, Ulrich ^a   Deing, Kaja ^b   Gruß, Katrin ^a   Braunschweig, Holger ^a   Meerholz, Klaus ^b   Würthner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunctlon solar cells; Donoracceptor systems; Dyes pigments; Squaraines; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTLON SOLAR CELLS; DONORACCEPTOR SYSTEMS; DYES/PIGMENTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SQUARAINES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 70350602244     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200903125     Document Type: Article

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