Co-evaporant induced crystalline donor: Acceptor blends in organic solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 3320-3325

  Kaji, Toshihiko ^a,b,c   Zhang, Minlu ^c   Nakao, Satoru ^a   Iketaki, Kai ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuya ^a   Tang, Ching W ^c   Hiramoto, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

organic electronics; organic field effect transistors; photovoltaic devices; solar cells; thin films

Indexed keywords

BLEND FILMS; NOVEL METHODS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SMALL MOLECULES;

COBALT; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; PHTHALOCYANINE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; VACUUM;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHERS; FULLERENES; INDOLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC; VACUUM;

EID: 79960903514     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201101305     Document Type: Article

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