Bulk heterojunction solar cells using thieno[3,4- c ]pyrrole-4,6-dione and dithieno[3,2- b:2′,3′- d ]silole copolymer with a power conversion efficiency of 7.3%

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4250-4253

  Chu, Ta Ya ^a   Lu, Jianping ^a   Beaupré, Serge ^b   Zhang, Yanguang ^a   Pouliot, Jean Rémi ^b   Wakim, Salem ^a   Zhou, Jiayun ^a   Leclerc, Mario ^b   Li, Zhao ^a   Ding, Jianfu ^a   Tao, Ye ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ALKYL CHAIN; ALTERNATING COPOLYMER; BAND GAPS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DITHIENOSILOLE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL ENERGY LEVELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILOLE COPOLYMERS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

ALKYL GROUP; COPOLYMER; DITHIENO[3,2 B:20,30 D]SILOLE; POLYMER; THIENO[3,4 C]PYRROLE 4,6 DIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLUBILITY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; PYRROLES;

EID: 79953043020     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja200314m     Document Type: Article

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