Enhanced performance of polymer solar cells through sensitization by a narrow band gap polymer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-35

  An, Qiaoshi ^a   Zhang, Fujun ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Tang, Weihua ^c   Wang, Zixuan ^a   Li, Lingliang ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Teng, Feng ^a   Wang, Yongsheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Narrow band gap polymer; Polymer solar cells; Power conversion efficiency; Ternary blend films

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER TRANSFER; NARROW BAND GAP POLYMERS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TERNARY BLENDS; THIENO[3 ,4-B]THIOPHENE;

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84883384413     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.07.050     Document Type: Article

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