Non-dependence of polymer to PCBM weight ratio on the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells with benzodithiophene donor polymer

Science of Advanced Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 512-518

  Sista, Prakash ^a   Wilson, Mitchell ^b   Holmes, Natalie ^b   Kularatne, Ruvini S ^a   Rainbolt, Elizabeth A ^a   Biewer, Michael C ^a   Dastoor, Paul C ^b   Belcher, Warwick ^b   Stefan, Mihaela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzodithiophene; Bulk heterojunction solar cell; Morphology; PCBM; Plasticizers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880950051     PISSN: 19472935     EISSN: 19472943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sam.2013.1482     Document Type: Article

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