Manipulation of the open-circuit voltage of organic solar cells by desymmetrization of the structure of acceptor-donor-acceptor molecules

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4379-4387

  Demeter, Dora ^a   Rousseau, Theodulf ^a   Leriche, Philippe ^a   Cauchy, Thomas ^a   Po, Riccardo ^b   Roncali, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

dipoles; donor acceptor materials; heterojunctions; open circuit voltage; organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR GROUPS; BAND GAPS; BI-LAYER; CELL VOLTAGES; CONJUGATED SYSTEMS; DESYM-METRIZATION; DIPOLES; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DATA; HETEROJUNCTION CELLS; MOLECULAR DONORS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VARACTORS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 81555195338     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201101508     Document Type: Article

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