Ordered microstructure induced by orientation behavior of liquid-crystal polythiophene for performance improvement of hybrid solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 266-275

  Chen, Wei ^a   Chen, Yiwang ^a   Li, Fan ^a   Chen, Lie ^a   Yuan, Kai ^a   Yao, Kai ^a   Wang, Peishan ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Liquid crystals; Photovoltaics; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; CHANNEL LAYERS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON DONORS; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE STATE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MESOGENES; MESOGENICS; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; ORDERED DOMAINS; ORDERED MICROSTRUCTURES; ORIENTATION BEHAVIORS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY-THIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RED SHIFT; SPONTANEOUS ASSEMBLY; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ANNEALING; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE; ZINC OXIDE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 80855131573     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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