Hetero-layered organic photovoltaic devices fabricated using soluble pentacene photoprecursors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-160

  Motoyama, Takao ^a,c   Kiyota, Tatsuro ^a   Yamada, Hiroko ^b,c   Nakayama, Ken Ichi ^a,c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fullerene; Organic photovoltaic cell; Pentacene; Photoconversion; Precursor

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PENTACENES; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PRECURSOR; SPIN-COATED FILMS;

FULLERENES; KETONES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84876112139     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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