Enhancing the performance of solution-processed bulk-heterojunction solar cells using hydrogen-bonding-induced self-organization of small molecules

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13265-13274

  Lam, Kwan Hang ^a,b   Foong, Thelese Ru Bao ^b   Ooi, Zi En ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b   Grimsdale, Andrew Clive ^a   Lam, Yeng Ming ^a,c,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acid; Hydrogen bonding; Quarterthiophene; Self assembly; Small molecule organic solar cells; Solution processable

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; END-FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; QUARTERTHIOPHENE; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLAR CELLS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84891405056     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4042614     Document Type: Article

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