Improved efficiency of bulk heterojunction poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]- phenyl- C61 -butyric acid methyl ester photovoltaic devices using discotic liquid crystal additives

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Jeong, Seonju ^a   Kwon, Younghwan ^b   Choi, Byeong Dae ^a   Ade, Harald ^c   Han, Yoon Soo ^a  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AVERAGE POWER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH MOBILITY; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SELF-ASSEMBLING ABILITY; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ADDITIVES; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 77952802199     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3395391     Document Type: Article

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