Partially interpenetrating heterojunction on bilayer photovoltaic devices of electrodeposited polythiophene/methanofullerene

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-173

  Tezuka, Yoshihiko ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuya ^a   Kamikado, Yousuke ^a   Tanaka, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fullerenes; Organic solar cells; Photovoltaic devices; Polythiophenes; Scanning transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BI-LAYER; CHLOROBENZENE SOLUTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; INTERPENETRATING HETEROJUNCTIONS; ITO ELECTRODES; LAYER THICKNESS; METHYL ESTERS; NANOMETER DIMENSIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-THIOPHENE; POROUS SURFACE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS; THIOPHENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRODEPOSITION;

EID: 84862747109     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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