Bulk heterojunction solar cells with large open-circuit voltage: Electron transfer with small donor-acceptor energy offset

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2272-2277

  Gong, Xiong ^a   Tong, Minghong ^a   Brunetti, Fulvio G ^a   Seo, Junghwa ^a   Sun, Yanming ^a   Moses, Daniel ^a   Wudl, Fred ^a   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY OFFSET; INORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; POLYMER BULK;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; POWER SUPPLY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; POLYMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENES;

EID: 79958807916     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201003768     Document Type: Article

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