Solvent effect and device optimization of diketopyrrolopyrrole and carbazole copolymer based solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1053-1058

  Badrou Aïch, Réda ^a,b   Zou, Yingping ^b   Leclerc, Mario ^b   Tao, Ye ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbazole; Polymer structure; Solar cells; Solvent effect

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

CARBAZOLE; CHLOROBENZENE SOLUTION; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER STRUCTURE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLVENT EFFECTS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

BUTYRIC ACID;

EID: 78349306350     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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