Diarylmethanofullerene: Efficient polymer solar cells with low-band-gap copolymer

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 13350-13356

  Singh, Surya Prakash ^a   Kumar, Ch Pavan ^a   Nagarjuna, P ^a   Sharma, G D ^b   Biswas, S ^c   Mikroyannidis, J A ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Jaipur Engineering College   (India)

^c Department of Physics   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED CHARGE TRANSPORT; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ACETONE; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879815368     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400827m     Document Type: Article

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