Photovoltaics Based on Thiophene Polymers: A Short Overview

Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials: Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 673-693

  Gevorgyan, Suren A ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction (BHJ); Photovoltaic effects for organic devices based on single layer devices; Photovoltaics (PV); Photovoltaics based on thiophene polymers; Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and controlling morphology; Solvent vapor treatment altering morphology; Thermal processing altering morphology; Thermocleavage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863387528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470745533.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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