All-polymer solar cells based on side-chain-isolated polythiophenes and poly(perylene diimide-alt-dithienothiophene)

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 336-342

  Liao, Xia Xia ^a,b   Zhao, Xingang ^b   Zhang, Zhi Guo ^b   Wang, Hui Qiong ^a   Zhan, Xiaowei ^b   Li, Yongfang ^b   Wang, Jizheng ^b   Zheng, Jin Cheng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

All polymer solar cell; Ideality factor; Power conversion efficiency; Two dimensional conjugated polymers

Indexed keywords

ALL-POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; CHLORONAPHTHALENES; IDEALITY FACTORS; POLYTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL DIODES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; STRUCTURE SIMILARITY;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISPLAY DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84880361694     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.035     Document Type: Article

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