Cross-linkable molecular hole-transporting semiconductor for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16967-16975

  Zhou, Nanjia ^a   Lee, Byunghong ^a   Timalsina, Amod ^b   Guo, Peijun ^a   Yu, Xinge ^b   Marks, Tobin J ^a,b   Facchetti, Antonio ^b,c   Chang, R P H ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POLYERA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LITHIUM; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

HOLE-TRANSPORTING LAYERS; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENT; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905445516     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500489f     Document Type: Article

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