Progress of organic photovoltaic materials

Recent Patents on Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-39

  Ren, Liqiang ^a   Wang, Shiren ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate polymer; Electron acceptor; Electron donor; Organic photovoltaic; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CONJUGATE POLYMERS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77951564817     PISSN: 18744648     EISSN: 18744656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874464811003010026     Document Type: Review

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