Polymer solar cells with an inverted device configuration using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-[60]fullerene dyad as a novel electron acceptor

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 749-754

  Zhang, Wen Bin ^a   Tu, Yingfeng ^b   Sun, Hao Jan ^a   Yue, Kan ^a   Gong, Xiong ^a   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electron acceptor; fullerene; inverted device structure; polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane; polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; [60] FULLERENE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COMPOSITE THIN FILMS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INVERTED DEVICES; METHYL ESTERS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIME-RESOLVED;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84862789510     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-011-4422-8     Document Type: Article

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