Efficient and stable, structurally inverted poly(3-hexylthiopen): [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester heterojunction solar cells with fibrous like poly(3-hexylthiopen)

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 520, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 582-590

  Bandara, Jayasundera ^a,b   Shankar, Karthik ^c   Grimes, Craig A ^c   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Organic solar cells; P3HT fiber; P3HT:PCBM; Polymer photovoltaic; Stability

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P3HT FIBER; P3HT:PCBM; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORINE; GOLD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPINNING (FIBERS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BUTYRIC ACID;

EID: 80054020587     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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