Application of bis-PCBM in polymer solar cells with improved voltage

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25360-25366

  Ye, Long ^a,b   Zhang, Shaoqing ^a   Qian, Deping ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; DEVICE OPTIMIZATION; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84890379846     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409216e     Document Type: Article

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