Tuning the energy level offset between donor and acceptor with ferroelectric dipole layers for increased efficiency in Bilayer organic photovoltaic cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1455-1460

  Yang, Bin ^a   Yuan, Yongbo ^a   Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Poddar, Shashi ^a   Korlacki, Rafal ^b   Ducharme, Stephen ^a   Gruverman, Alexei ^a   Saraf, Ravi ^b   Huang, Jinsong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

dipole; ferroelectrics; open circuit voltage; organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR LAYERS; BI-LAYER; BILAYER ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; COPOLYMER FILMS; DIPOLE; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; FERROELECTRIC DIPOLES; METHYL ESTERS; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RELATIVE ENERGIES; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; ULTRA-THIN;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMODYNAMICS;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84863348058     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104509     Document Type: Article

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