Solution-Processed Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with 7.0% Efficiency: In-Depth Investigation on the Effects of Structure Modification and Solvent Vapor Annealing

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4338-4348

  Wang, Jin Liang ^a   Wu, Zhuo ^a   Miao, Jing Sheng ^b   Liu, Kai Kai ^a   Chang, Zheng Feng ^a   Zhang, Ru Bo ^a   Wu, Hong Bin ^b   Cao, Yong ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIOPHENE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLES; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING UNITS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENT-VAPOR ANNEALING; STRUCTURE MODIFICATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84934969794     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00848     Document Type: Article

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