Panchromatic "dye-doped" polymer solar cells: From femtosecond energy relays to enhanced photo-response

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 442-447

  Grancini, Giulia ^a,b   Sai Santosh Kumar, R ^b   Maiuri, Margherita ^c   Fang, Junfeng ^d   Huck, Wilhelm T S ^d,e   Alcocer, Marcelo J P ^b,c   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^b   Cerullo, Giulio ^c   Petrozza, Annamaria ^b   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

energy transfer; hybrid polymer oxide interface; low band gap polymer; spectral response; ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING DYE; BI-LAYER; DYE-DOPED; ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR; FEMTOSECONDS; HYBRID POLYMERS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT ABSORBERS; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; NARROW BANDWIDTH; NEAR INFRA RED; PHOTORESPONSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DIODES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE SPECTRA; ZNO;

ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84873475530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz302150q     Document Type: Article

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