Regioregular Polythiophene Solar Cells: Material Properties and Performance

Organic Photovoltaics: Materials, Device Physics, and Manufacturing Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-55

  Ewbank, Paul C ^a   Laird, Darin ^b   Mccullough, Richard D ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Plextronics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

OPV; Organic photovoltaics; Regioregular polythiophen; Semiconductors; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889475526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527623198.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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