Enhanced performance of pseudo-bilayer organic photovoltaic devices via small molecule doping

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 9958-9965

  Syu, Yu Wei ^a   Huang, Peng Yi ^b   Li, Husan De ^a   Hsu, Ching Ling ^a   Chiu, Kuan Cheng ^a   Kim, Choongik ^c   Chen, Ming Chou ^b   Chao, Yu Chiang ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CURVE FITTING; MOLECULES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CURRENT DENSITY-VOLTAGE CURVES; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84900824090     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502331x     Document Type: Article

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