Carbazole-containing fullerene derivatives for P3HT-based bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-14

  Kim, Hee Un ^a   Mi, Dongbo ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Park, Jong Baek ^a   Yoon, Sung Cheol ^b   Yoon, Ung Chan ^a   Hwang, Do Hoon ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbazole substituted fullerene derivative; Electron acceptor; Organic photovoltaic device

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-DICHLOROBENZENE; 1 ,3-DIPOLARCYCLOADDITION; ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FILL FACTOR; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PYRROLIDINES; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; CYCLOADDITION; FABRICATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLAR CELLS; TOLUENE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84861981711     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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