Improved high-efficiency organic solar cells via incorporation of a conjugated polyelectrolyte interlayer

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8416-8419

  Seo, Jung Hwa ^a   Gutacker, Andrea ^b   Sun, Yanming ^a   Wu, Hongbin ^c   Huang, Fei ^c   Cao, Yong ^c   Scherf, Ullrich ^b   Heeger, Alan J ^a   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HOMOPOLYMERS; METAL CATHODES; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYTHIOPHENES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; ULTRA-THIN;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYELECTROLYTES; THIOPHENE;

SOLAR CELLS;

[6,6]PHENYL C 71 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPOLYMER; POLY[N 9'' HEPTADECANYL 2,7 CARBAZOLE ALT 5,5 (4',7' DI 2 THIENYL 2',1',3' BENZOTHIADIAZOLE)]; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYMER; POLYTHIOPHENE; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CONJUGATION; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOACTIVATION; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79957976305     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja2037673     Document Type: Article

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