Efficient green solar cells via a chemically polymerizable donor-acceptor heterocyclic pentamer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1154-1158

  Subbiah, Jegadesan ^a   Beaujuge, Pierre M ^a   Choudhury, Kaushik Roy ^a   Ellinger, Stefan ^a   Reynolds, John R ^a   So, Franky ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction; conjugated polymers; donor acceptor; green solar cell; low band gap

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR CONCENTRATIONS; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONJUGATED COPOLYMERS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; GREEN SOLAR CELL; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; LOW BAND GAP; METHYL ESTERS; PENTAMERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSABLE; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; UV REGION;

ABSORPTION; BLENDING; BUTYRIC ACID; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; ESTERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; ZINC;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREEN CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC;

EID: 76749116173     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am900116p     Document Type: Article

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