Effect of polymer aggregation on the open circuit voltage in organic photovoltaic cells: Aggregation-induced conjugated polymer gel and its application for preventing open circuit voltage drop

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 674-680

  Kim, Bong Gi ^a   Jeong, Eun Jeong ^a   Park, Hui Joon ^a   Bilby, David ^a   Guo, L Jay ^a   Kim, Jinsang ^a,b  

^a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; nanowires; organic electronics; organic photovoltaic cells; self assembly

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; INTERMOLECULAR PACKING; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYMER AGGREGATIONS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER SUSPENSIONS; REGIOREGULARITY; THERMAL-ANNEALING; ULTRASONIC AGITATION; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GELS; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SELF ASSEMBLY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEL; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; ULTRASOUND;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GELS; LIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; SONICATION;

EID: 79955948527     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am101067x     Document Type: Article

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