Poor man's green bulk heterojunction photocells: A chlorine-free solvent for poly(3-hexylthiophene)/C 60 composites

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 246-250

  Tada, Kazuya ^a   Onoda, Mitsuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer; Fullerene; Photocells

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER BULK; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHLORINE; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENTS;

PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS;

EID: 84857781732     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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