Comparison of the operation of polymer/fullerene, polymer/polymer, and polymer/nanocrystal solar cells: A transient photocurrent and photovoltage study

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1419-1431

  Li, Zhe ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Greenham, Neil C ^a   McNeill, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fullerene; nanocrystals; polymer solar cells; transient photocurrent; transient photovoltage

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; APPLIED VOLTAGES; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CDSE NANOPARTICLES; CHARGE EXTRACTION; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMICS BEHAVIOR; ELECTRON-DONATING; FREE CHARGE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LIMITING PROCESS; LOW-INTENSITY; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; METHYL ESTERS; OPEN CIRCUITS; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOCURRENT DECAY KINETICS; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYFLUORENE COPOLYMER; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SHORT CIRCUIT; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENT; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT TECHNIQUES; UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELDS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ESTERS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PROBES; SOLAR CELLS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79954559724     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201002154     Document Type: Article

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