Efficient organic photovoltaic cells with vertically ordered bulk heterojunctions

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 48, 2013, Pages

  Yu, Bo ^a   Wang, Haibo ^a   Yan, Donghang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CHARGE TRANSPORTATION; DISTRIBUTION DENSITY; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; ORDERED BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIN FILMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84887580554     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/48/484006     Document Type: Article

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