Small organic additive to improve the charge separation in an inverted bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2702-2708

  Chen, Ming Chung ^a   Kar, Sudeshna ^a   Liaw, Der Jang ^a   Chen, Wen Hsiang ^a   Huang, Ying Chi ^a   Tai, Yian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction (BHJ); Cascade structure; Inverted organic photovoltaics (OPVs); Short circuit current

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CASCADE STRUCTURES; INVERTED ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS (OPVS); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84865647697     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.07.033     Document Type: Article

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