Improving the efficiency of organic solar cell with a novel ambipolar polymer to form ternary cascade structure

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2621-2627

  Chen, M C ^a   Liaw, D J ^a   Huang, Y C ^a   Wu, H Y ^a   Tai, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction (BHJ); Cascade; Conjugated polymer; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMBIPOLAR; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CASCADE STRUCTURES; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CONJUGATED COPOLYMERS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

BLENDING; BUTYRIC ACID; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SOLAR CELLS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 79959317311     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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