Dicyanovinyl substituted oligothiophenes: Thermal stability, mobility measurements, and performance in photovoltaic devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3171-3175

  Wrackmeyer, M S ^a   Hein, M ^a   Petrich, A ^a   Meiss, J ^a   Hummert, M ^a   Riede, M K ^a   Leo, K ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption measurement in thin film; DFT calculation; Dicyanovinyl; Mobility measurement; Organic solar cell; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

DFT CALCULATION; DICYANOVINYL; DONOR LAYERS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FILL FACTOR; HIGH EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; MOBILITY MEASUREMENT; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; ORGANIC SMALL MOLECULE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SPECTRAL RANGE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THIN FILMS;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 80053582556     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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