Black polymers in bulk-heterojunction solar cells

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1565-1572

  Zhou, Yi ^a   Gedefaw, Desta Antenehe ^b,c   Hellström, Stefan ^c   Krätschmer, Ilse ^d   Zhang, Fengling ^d   Mammo, Wendimagegn ^b,c   Inganäs, Olle ^d   Andersson, Mats R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); charge carrier mobility; fullerene; photovoltaic cell materials; solar energy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ALTERNATING POLYFLUORENE; BLACK POLYMERS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE-CARRIER MOBILITY; DESIGN STRATEGIES; METHYL ESTERS; MIXING RATIOS; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL MATERIALS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; VISIBLE REGION;

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 78650050349     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2049002     Document Type: Article

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