Efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells based on D-A copolymers as electron donors and PC 70BM as electron acceptor

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Sharma, G D ^a,c   Mikroyannidis, J A ^b   Singh, Surya Prakash ^d  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Jaipur Engineering College   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Low band gap; Phenylenevinylene copolymer; Pyrrole; Thiophene; TiO 2 buffer layer

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; LOW BAND GAP; PHENYLENEVINYLENE; PYRROLE; TIO;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; THIOPHENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84861862853     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.03.058     Document Type: Article

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