Dibenzo[f,h]thieno[3,4-b] quinoxalinefullerene heterojunction bilayer solar cells with complementary spectrum coverage

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1767-1771

  Kekuda, Dhananjaya ^a   Huang, Jen Shien ^b   Velusamy, Marappan ^c   Lin, Jiann T ^c   Chu, Chih Wei ^a,d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bilayer organic solar cell; Complementary spectrum coverage

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER DEVICES; BILAYER ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; ELECTRON DONORS; FULLERENE C; INCIDENT RADIATION; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; QUINOXALINES; SMALL MOLECULES; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955415959     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.05.044     Document Type: Article

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