Bulk heterojuction solar cells containing 6,6-dicyanofulvenes as n-type additives

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4671-4677

  Andrew, Trisha L ^a   Bulović, Vladimir ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

additive; fullerene; fulvene; photovoltaic; polythiophene; substitute

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FULVENE; HETERO-JUCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLY-THIOPHENE; SUBSTITUTE; TERNARY MIXTURES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ADDITIVES;

NANOPARTICLE; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; POLY(3 HEXYL)SELENOPHENE; POLY(3-HEXYL)SELENOPHENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84862870286     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301851k     Document Type: Article

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