Dicyano-functionalized chlorophyll derivatives with ambipolar characteristic for organic photovoltaics

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1972-1979

  Wang, Yu Wei ^a,b   Sasaki, Shin Ichi ^c,d   Zhuang, Taojun ^a   Tamiaki, Hitoshi ^d   Zhang, Jian Ping ^b   Ikeuchi, Toshitaka ^c   Hong, Ziruo ^a   Kido, Junji ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NAGAHAMA INSTITUTE OF BIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Chlorophylls; Organic photovoltaics; Photosynthesis; Planar heterojunction solar cells

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

AMBIPOLAR CHARACTERISTICS; CHLOROPHYLL DERIVATIVE; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PYROPHEOPHORBIDE A;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878119298     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.04.034     Document Type: Article

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