Self-assembled monolayers of C60-triphenylamine dyads as photo-switched interfacial layers for potential application in photovoltaic cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3712-3720

  Hosseini, Mahsa ^a   Rivera Nazario, Danisha M ^a   Echegoyen, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

electrochemical impedance; fullerene based dyad; interfacial layer; organic photovoltaic cell; self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; GOLD METALLURGY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DESORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; FULLERENE-BASED DYAD; INTERFACIAL LAYER; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84896321199     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500049q     Document Type: Article

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