A hyperbranched conjugated polymer as the cathode interlayer for high-performance polymer solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 6889-6894

  Lv, Menglan ^a   Li, Shusheng ^c   Jasieniak, Jacek J ^b   Hou, Jianhui ^d   Zhu, Jin ^a   Tan, Zhan'Ao ^c   Watkins, Scott E ^b   Li, Yongfang ^e   Chen, Xiwen ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

cathode interlayer; hyperbranched polymer; polymer solar cells; scanning kelvin probe

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CATHODE INTERLAYERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER; HYPERBRANCHED; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL DIPOLES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SCANNING KELVIN PROBES;

CATHODES; SOLAR CELLS;

DENDRIMERS;

FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE)-POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATHODE INTERLAYER; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMER; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER SUPPLY; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING KELVIN PROBE; SOLAR ENERGY;

CATHODE INTERLAYER; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMER; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SCANNING KELVIN PROBE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; FLUORENES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84890435317     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302726     Document Type: Article

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