Molecular doping of low-bandgap-polymer:fullerene solar cells: Effects on transport and solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-296

  Veysel Tunc, Ali ^a   De Sio, Antonietta ^a   Riedel, Daniel ^b   Deschler, Felix ^b   Da Como, Enrico ^b   Parisi, Jürgen ^a   Von Hauff, Elizabeth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carrier mobility; Conducting polymer; Doping; Organic semiconductors; Photovoltaics; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE CONCENTRATION; HOLE MOBILITY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84155191071     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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