High-performance multiple-donor bulk heterojunction solar cells

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 190-198

  Yang Michael, Yang ^a   Chen, Wei ^b,c   Dou, Letian ^a   Chang, Wei Hsuan ^a   Duan, Hsin Sheng ^a   Bob, Brion ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS;

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; COMPATIBLE POLYMERS; COMPLICATED SYSTEMS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR DISORDERS; PROVIDE GUIDANCES;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924046504     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.9     Document Type: Article

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