Influence of molecular weight on the solar cell performance of double-crystalline donor-acceptor block copolymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Sommer, Michael ^a   Hüttner, Sven ^a,b   Steiner, Ullrich ^b   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HOLE CARRIERS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERYLENE BISIMIDES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 71049121997     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3257367     Document Type: Article

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