Organic semiconductors and their applications in photovoltaic devices

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-37

  Myers, Jason D ^a,b   Xue, Jiangeng ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

device physics; organic electronics; organic solar cell; photovoltaics; semiconductors

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY; DEVICE PHYSICS; ELECTRONIC NATURES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; STATE OF THE ART;

LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84855967327     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2011.644368     Document Type: Review

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