The influence of molecular orientation on organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 385-391

  Tumbleston, John R ^a   Collins, Brian A ^a,b   Yang, Liqiang ^a   Stuart, Andrew C ^a   Gann, Eliot ^a   Ma, Wei ^a   You, Wei ^a   Ade, Harald ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; MOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84899660744     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.55     Document Type: Article

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