Toward efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells: Selection of donor polymers

Organic Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 295-303

  Ye, Long ^a,b   Jiang, Wei ^a   Zhao, Wenchao ^a   Zhang, Shaoqing ^a   Cui, Yong ^a   Wang, Zhaohui ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Donor polymers; Non fullerene acceptor; Perylene bisimides; Polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERENES; HOLE MOBILITY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

BROAD ABSORPTIONS; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; NON-FULLERENE ACCEPTOR; PERYLENE BISIMIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE BOND;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84920822711     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.12.020     Document Type: Article

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