Polythiophenes comprising conjugated pendants for polymer solar cells: A review

Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2411-2439

  Wang, Hsing Ju ^a   Chen, Chih Ping ^b   Jeng, Ru Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conjugated pendants; Energy level engineering; Polymer solar cells; Polythiophene

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CONJUGATED PENDANTS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LARGE OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY-THIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84899156316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma7042411     Document Type: Review

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