Triazine-bridged porphyrin triad as electron donor for solution-processed bulk hetero-junction organic solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5968-5977

  Sharma, Ganesh D ^a   Zervaki, Galateia E ^b   Angaridis, Panagiotis A ^b   Kitsopoulos, Theophanis N ^b   Coutsolelos, Athanassios G ^b  

^a JEC Group of Colleges   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; PORPHYRINS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84897883753     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500090h     Document Type: Article

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