Oligothiophene interlayer effect on photocurrent generation for hybrid TiO2/P3HT Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 17226-17235

  Planells, Miquel ^a   Abate, Antonio ^b   Snaith, Henry J ^b   Robertson, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; oligothiophenes; organic semiconductors; P3HT; Solar cells; TiO2

Indexed keywords

PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOPHENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONJUGATION LENGTH; ELECTROCHEMICAL DATA; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; INTERLAYER EFFECTS; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; P3HT; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907893487     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5050532     Document Type: Article

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