Comparative studies on optical, redox, and photovoltaic properties of a series of D-A-D and analogous D-A chromophores

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 4645-4653

  Zitzler Kunkel, André ^a   Lenze, Martin R ^b   Schnier, Tobias ^b   Meerholz, Klaus ^b   Würthner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction solar cells; chromophores; cyclic voltammetry; D A D dyes; luminescence

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCAFFOLDS; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DONOR ACCEPTOR DONORS; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84905387851     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201400455     Document Type: Article

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