Tricyanofuran-based donoracceptor type chromophores for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-77

  Cho, Min Ju ^a   Seo, Jangwon ^a   Oh, Heong Sub ^a   Jee, Hongsub ^a   Kim, Won Jin ^a   Kim, Kyung Hwan ^b   Hoang, Mai Ha ^b   Choi, Dong Hoon ^b   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Chromophore; Organic solar cells; PCBM; Solution process

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; AIR MASS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; GLOBAL IRRADIATION; INTRA-MOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFER; KNOEVENAGEL REACTION; LONG-WAVELENGTH ABSORPTION; METHYL ESTERS; MOLECULAR ENERGY LEVELS; ORGANIC HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PCBM; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTION PROCESS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHROMOPHORES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84855303575     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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