A robust inter-connecting layer for achieving high performance tandem polymer solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 3465-3470

  Yang, Jun ^a   Zhu, Rui ^a   Hong, Ziruo ^a   He, Youjun ^b   Kumar, Ankit ^a   Li, Yongfang ^b   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

inter connecting layers; optical spacer; polymer tandem solar cells

Indexed keywords

DARK CONDITIONS; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; INTER-CONNECTING LAYERS; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL SPACER; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

POLYMERS;

FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80051691711     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201100221     Document Type: Review

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