High open-circuit voltage photovoltaic cells with a low bandgap copolymer of isothianaphthene, thiophene, and benzothiadiazole units

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 21928-21936

  Kim, Jung Yong ^a   Qin, Yang ^b   Stevens, Derek M ^a   Kalihari, Vivek ^a   Hillmyer, Marc A ^b   Frisbie, C Daniel ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIPOLAR; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CONJUGATED COPOLYMERS; DISORDERED STRUCTURES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FILL FACTOR; LOW BAND-GAP COPOLYMERS; LOW BANDGAP; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; METHANOFULLERENES; METHYL ESTERS; PERFORMANCE-LIMITING FACTORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUBILITY LIMITS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS OF THE FILM; WEIGHT FRACTIONS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY GAP; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; THIOPHENE;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 73849096509     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9079926     Document Type: Article

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