A benzothiadiazole-based oligothiophene for vacuum-deposited organic photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2057-2063

  Ah Kong, Jin ^a,b   Lim, Eunhee ^a   Lee, Kyeong K ^a   Lee, Sungkoo ^a   Hyun Kim, Sung ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzothiadiazole; Low band gap; Oligothiophene; Organic photovoltaic cells; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BITHIOPHENES; BLEND RATIOS; CONJUGATED SYSTEMS; FILL FACTOR; FILM MORPHOLOGY; LOW BAND GAP; LOW-ENERGY BAND; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RED-SHIFTED; RESULTING MATERIALS; SMALL MOLECULES; THERMAL-ANNEALING; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77957663930     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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