The contribution of coumarin 6 in light harvesting and photocurrent of P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1406-1411

  Ismail, Yasser A M ^a   Soga, T ^a   Jimbo, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coumarin 6 laser dye; Light harvesting; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; ACTIVE LAYER; BLEND FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; COUMARIN 6; LASER DYES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; METHYL ESTERS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTRUM; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; RED SHIFT; THERMAL TREATMENT; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ABSORPTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HARVESTING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC LASERS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77953140094     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.059     Document Type: Article

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