Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells with 6.7% efficiency

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Sun, Yanming ^a   Welch, Gregory C ^a   Leong, Wei Lin ^a   Takacs, Christopher J ^a   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMERIC COUNTERPARTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SOLUTION PROCESSED POLYMERS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 83655167150     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3160     Document Type: Article

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