Influence of PC60BM or PC70BM as electron acceptor on the performance of polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-77

  Zhang, Fujun ^a   Zhuo, Zuliang ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Wang, Xin ^a   Xu, Xiaowei ^a   Wang, Zixuan ^a   Xin, Yusheng ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Tang, Weihua ^c   Xu, Zheng ^a   Wang, Yongsheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

P3HT; PC60BM; PC70BM; Photon harvesting; Power conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIG SIZES; CHARGE TRANSPORTING; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; P3HT; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE RANGE; WEAK ABSORPTION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 82955237532     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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