Interface-engineering additives of poly(oxyethylene tridecyl ether) for low-band gap polymer solar cells consisting of pcdtbt: Pcbm70 bulk-heterojunction layers

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 101, 2013, Pages A146-A156

  Huh, Yoon Ho ^a   Park, Byoungchoo ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCIDYL AZIDE POLYMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

CELL ENGINEERING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; ETHERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES;

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRON DONORS; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; METHYL ESTERS; OXYETHYLENE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFERENCE DEVICES; SURFACTANT ADDITIVES; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ);

ADDITIVES;

EID: 84872719598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A146     Document Type: Article

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