Phase controlled all-polymer bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic cells with high open-circuit voltage

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2244-2250

  Chen, Lin ^a   Yang, Ligong ^b   Shi, Minmin ^a   Chen, Hongzheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

All polymer solar cell; Bulk heterojunction; Open circuit voltage; Phase segregation; Secondary phase transition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BLENDING RATIO; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CASTING FILMS; CHARGE GENERATION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DOUBLE PEAK; ENERGY OFFSET; FILM MORPHOLOGY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LIMITING FACTORS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; POLYMER BULK; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POTENTIAL VALUES; SECONDARY PHASE; WORKING MECHANISMS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLENDING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 77957681396     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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