Perspectives of applied graphene: Polymer solar cells

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1805-1828

  Iwan, Agnieszka ^a   Chuchmała, Andrzej ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Graphene; Graphene oxide; Photovoltaics; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; FILL FACTOR; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTO-SENSORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRACTICAL REALIZATIONS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84869204306     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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