Solution processable boron subphthalocyanine derivatives as active materials for organic photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7416, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ma, Biwu ^a   Miyamoto, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Woo, Claire H ^b   Fréchet, Jean M J ^a,b   Zhang, Fan ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic photovoltaic cells; Small molecule; Solution processing; Subphthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ALLYLPHENOL; EXCELLENT SOLUBILITY; HIGH EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HIGH QUALITY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOW COSTS; MDMO-PPV; METHOXY; NEW SOLUTIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; P-TYPE; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSABLE; SMALL MOLECULE; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTION PROCESSING; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SUBPHTHALOCYANINE; SUBPHTHALOCYANINES;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 70449560677     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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