Effect of shifting of aromatic rings on charge carrier mobility and photovoltaic response of anthracene and thiophene-containing MEH-PPE-PPVs

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 484-491

  Günes, Serap ^a   Wild, Andreas ^b,c,d   Cevik, Emel ^a   Pivrikas, Almantas ^e   Schubert, Ulrich S ^b,c,d   Egbe, Daniel A M ^e  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Organic solar cells; Polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; DOUBLE BONDS; FILL FACTOR; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; POLY(PHENYLENE-ETHYNYLENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRIPLE BONDS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

ANTHRACENE; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THIOPHENE;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 75149161815     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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