Direct comparison of highly efficient solution- and vacuum-processed organic solar cells based on merocyanine dyes

Advanced Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 4193-4197

  Kronenberg, Nils M ^a   Steinmann, Vera ^a   Bürckstümmer, Hannah ^b   Hwang, Jaehyung ^c   Hertel, Dirk ^a   Würthner, Frank ^b   Meerholz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; MEROCYANINE DYE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VACUUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; MEROCYANINE DYE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; FLUORESCENT DYES; FULLERENES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; PYRIMIDINONES; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77957595391     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201000800     Document Type: Article

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