Solution-processable graphene linked to 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl as an electron acceptor in organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5554-5561

  Stylianakis, Minas M ^a,b   Spyropoulos, George D ^a,b   Stratakis, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Kymakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR MATERIALS; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL MOLECULES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84866377805     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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