Electrochromic device and bulk heterojunction solar cell applications of poly 4,7-bis(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)-2-dodecyl-2H-benzo[1,2,3] triazole (PBEBT)

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1797-1802

  Balan, Abidin ^a   Baran, Derya ^a   Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar ^b   Toppare, Levent ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Benzotriazole; Bulk heterojunction; Electrochromic device; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BENZOTRIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHEMICAL POLYMERIZATION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SINGLE LAYER; SOLUBLE POLYMERS;

ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROCHROMISM; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 77955418251     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.05.048     Document Type: Article

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