Organic solar cells: Their developments and potentials

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 421-431

  Yeh, Naichia ^a   Yeh, Pulin ^b  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction (BHJ); Electron affinity (EA); Ionization potential (IP); Ordered heterojunction (OHJ); Organic photovoltaic cell (OPVC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON AFFINITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; ORDERED HETEROJUNCTION (OHJ); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84873649129     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.12.046     Document Type: Review

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