Chloroboron (III) subnaphthalocyanine as an electron donor in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 48, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Guo ^a   Sasabe, Hisahiro ^a   Sano, Takeshi ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a   Hong, Ziruo ^a,b   Kido, Junji ^a   Yang, Yang ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CO-EVAPORATION;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84887586636     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/48/484007     Document Type: Article

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