Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhong, Yu ^a   Trinh, M Tuan ^a   Chen, Rongsheng ^a,b   Purdum, Geoffrey E ^c   Khlyabich, Petr P ^c   Sezen, Melda ^c   Oh, Seokjoon ^a   Zhu, Haiming ^a   Fowler, Brandon ^a   Zhang, Boyuan ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Nam, Chang Yong ^d   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^d   Black, Charles T ^d   Steigerwald, Michael L ^a   Loo, Yueh Lin ^c   Ng, Fay ^a   Zhu, X Y ^a   Nuckolls, Colin ^a  

^a MC3130 ^*  (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; IMIDE; PERYLENE; PERYLENEDIIMIDE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DECADAL VARIATION; DIAMETER; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; FULLERENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR CELL; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONS; IMIDES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERYLENE; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84941902572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9242     Document Type: Article

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