Tetrafluorene-9,9′-bifluorenylidene as a non-fullerene type electron acceptor for P3HT-based bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-282

  Park, On You ^a   Kim, Hee Un ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Park, Jong Baek ^a   Kwak, Jeonghun ^b   Shin, Won Suk ^c   Yoon, Sung Cheol ^c   Hwang, Do Hoon ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

9,9 Bifluorenylidene derivative; Electron acceptor; Organic photovoltaic device

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; REDUCTIVE DIMERIZATION; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DICHLOROMETHANE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878819980     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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