Application of self-assembling photosynthetic dye for organic photovoltaics

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-310

  Tange, Ryu ^a   Inai, Koji ^a   Sagawa, Takashi ^a   Yoshikawa, Susumu ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FTIR; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POLY(ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYSTYRENE SULFONIC ACID; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SUBSTRATE LAYERS; VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; FULLERENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYSTYRENES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

BUTYRIC ACID;

EID: 79952409407     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.15     Document Type: Review

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