Near-infrared photoresponse sensitization of solvent additive processed poly(3-hexylthiophene)/fullerene solar cells by a low band gap polymer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Zhongjian ^a   Tang, Simon ^a   Ahlvers, Anne ^a,b   Khondaker, Saiful I ^a   Gesquiere, Andre J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; METHYL ESTERS; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TERNARY BLENDS; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INFRARED DEVICES; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84864668823     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4742143     Document Type: Article

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