Additive-free bulk-heterojuction solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency, comprising a newly designed selenophene-thienopyrrolodione copolymer

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1297-1304

  Wang, Dong Hwan ^a   Pron, Agnieszka ^b   Leclerc, Mario ^b   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

additive free; bulk heterojunction solar cells; device stability; nanomorphology; selenophene thienopyrrolodione copolymers

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE-FREE; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE STABILITY; DONOR-ACCEPTOR BLENDS; HIGH SERIES RESISTANCES; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPOLYMERS; FABRICATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS;

ADDITIVES;

EID: 84874998854     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201202541     Document Type: Article

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