Cascade-type excitation energy relay in organic thin-film solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 814-820

  Ichikawa, Musubu ^a,b   Takekawa, Daiki ^a   Jeon, Hyeon Gu ^a,d   Banoukepa, Gilles D R ^a,c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excitation transfer; Exciton diffusion length; Organic photovoltaics; Organic solar cells; Phthalocyanine; Thiophene

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIOPHENE;

COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; EXCITATION TRANSFER; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; PHTHALOCYANINE; THIOPHENE/PHENYLENE CO-OLIGOMERS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875190447     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.12.029     Document Type: Article

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