Self-assembled mesogens modified fullerene for efficiently stable bulk heterojunction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-42

  Wang, Peishan ^a   Yao, Kai ^a   Chen, Lie ^a   Chen, Yiwang ^a   Li, Fan ^a   Wang, Hongming ^a   Yu, Shuxian ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fullerene; Liquid crystals; Photovoltaics; Self assembly; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BLEND FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CYANOBIPHENYLS; FILL FACTOR; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; FULLEROPYRROLIDINES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE STATE; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; MESOGENS; MESOPHASES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RED-SHIFTED; SELF-ASSEMBLED; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 82955167919     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.08.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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