Organic solar cells based on a novel infrared absorbing aza-bodipy dye

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-181

  Mueller, Toni ^a   Gresser, Roland ^a   Leo, Karl ^a   Riede, Moritz ^a  

^a HELIATEK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterojunction; Infrared; Mismatch correction; Organic; Small molecule

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MAXIMA; BENZANNULATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FILL FACTOR; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; LARGE PARTS; MISMATCH CORRECTION; ORGANIC; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLAR SPECTRUM; THIN-FILM PROPERTIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOSPHORUS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84856513334     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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