Conjugated small molecules with broad absorption containing pyridine and pyran units: Synthesis and application for bulk heterojunction solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2045-2054

  Mikroyannidis, J A ^a   Tsagkournos, D V ^a   Sharma, S S ^d   Vijay, Y K ^e   Sharma, G D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Jaipur Engineering College   (India)

^d GOVT WOMEN ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Conjugated small molecules; Low band gap; Photovoltaic; Pyran; Pyridine

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; ENERGY GAP; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULES; PYRIDINE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLVENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CONJUGATED SMALL MOLECULES; LOW BAND GAP; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PYRAN;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 77958147742     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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