Efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells with poly[2,7-(9,9- dihexylfluorene)-alt-bithiophene] and 6,6-Phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester blends and their application in tandem cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 829-837

  Zhao, Dewei ^a,b,c   Tang, Weihua ^d   Ke, Lin ^b   Tan, Swee Tiam ^c   Sun, Xiao Wei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Organic solar cell; Tandem cell

Indexed keywords

BITHIOPHENES; BLEND FILMS; BOTTOM CELLS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FILL FACTOR; METHYL ESTERS; MORPHOLOGY IMAGES; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEM; SEM IMAGE; SINGLE CELLS; SMALL MOLECULES; TANDEM CELLS; VARIABLE WEIGHT; WEIGHT RATIOS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS;

CELLS;

EID: 77955735858     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am900823b     Document Type: Article

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