Effect of the incorporation of a low-band-gap small molecule in a conjugated vinylene copolymer: PCBM blend for organic photovoltaic devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1370-1374

  Suresh, P ^a   Balraju, P ^a   Sharma, G D ^a   Mikroyannidis, John A ^b   Stylianakis, Minas M ^b  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunctions; low band gap small molecule; photovoltaic device; vinylene copolymer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; BAND GAPS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SMALL MOLECULES; VINYLENE COPOLYMER;

ABSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 76649098011     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am900244y     Document Type: Article

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