Photovoltaic characterization of poly(2,5-bis(3-dodecylthiophen-2-yl)-2′,2″-biselenophene) for organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-445

  Qiao, FEN ^a,b   Hou, Xiaoya ^b,c   Lu, Yong ^c   Chen, Hui ^c   Liu, Aimin ^a   Hu, Xiao ^b   Siu Choon, Ng ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Organic solar cell; Photovoltaic properties; Polymer

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; ELECTRON DONATING PROPERTIES; ELECTRON DONORS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FILL FACTOR; METHYL ESTERS; OPEN VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OXIDATIVE STABILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUATERTHIOPHENE; REGIO-REGULAR; SELENOPHENE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THIOPHENE;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 75149151781     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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