Open-circuit voltage limitation in low-bandgap diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymer solar cells processed from different solvents

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 15075-15080

  Boix, Pablo P ^a   Wienk, Martijn M ^b   Janssen, René A J ^b   Garcia Belmonte, Germà ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHEMICAL CAPACITANCE; DEVICE PROCESSING; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; EXPECTED VALUES; FLAT BAND; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOTT-SCHOTTKY ANALYSIS; O-DICHLOROBENZENE; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROCESS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; RED SHIFT;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLVENTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79961096079     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp203279f     Document Type: Article

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