Synthesis of a modified PC 70BM and its application as an electron acceptor with poly(3-hexylthiophene) as an electron donor for efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 4087-4095

  Singh, Surya Prakash ^a   Kumar, Ch Pavan ^a   Sharma, G D ^b   Kurchania, Rajnish ^c   Roy, M S ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Jaipur Engineering College   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d DEFENCE LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunctions; composite materials; electronic structures; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BALANCED CHARGE TRANSPORT; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; FILM DEPOSITION; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; METHYL ESTERS; MOLECULAR ENERGY LEVELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE-STEP; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TETRAHYDROFURANS; VISIBLE REGION;

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84867046360     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201200729     Document Type: Article

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