Naphthalene-, anthracene-, and pyrene-substituted fullerene derivatives as electron acceptors in polymer-based solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 20776-20785

  Kim, Hee Un ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Kang, Hyunbum ^b   Grimsdale, Andrew C ^c   Kim, Bumjoon J ^b   Yoon, Sung Cheol ^d   Hwang, Do Hoon ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction; electron acceptor; fullerene (C60) derivative; organic photovoltaic cell (OPV)

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BUTYRIC ACID; ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NAPHTHALENE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PYRENE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FULLERENES (C60); LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL (OPVS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84917706057     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504939c     Document Type: Article

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