Modern plastic solar cells: Materials, mechanisms and modeling

Materials Today

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 281-289

  Chiechi, Ryan C ^a,b   Havenith, Remco W A ^b   Hummelen, Jan C ^a,b   Koster, L Jan Anton ^b   Loi, Maria A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; DESIGN RULES; DONOR MATERIALS; HYBRID POLYMERS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS;

POLYMERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLAR CELLS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84883180390     PISSN: 13697021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2013.07.003     Document Type: Review

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