Photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy study of 1,2-dicyano-methanofullerene C60(CN)2 thin film for photovoltaic applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1111-1118

  Koppolu, Vaishali Rao ^a   Gupta, Mool C ^a   Scudiero, Louis ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; C60(CN)2; HOMOLUMO; Open circuit voltage; Organic solar cells; Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AFM; C60(CN)2; DEPOSITED FILMS; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HEAVILY DOPED; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOMOLUMO; LOWEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; METHANOFULLERENES; NONUNIFORMITY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; QUARTZ SUBSTRATE; SI SUBSTRATES; UPS SPECTRA; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON AFFINITY; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR MODELING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; QUARTZ; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

EID: 79951857516     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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