Hydrophilic Conjugated Polymers with Large Bandgaps and Deep-Lying HOMO Levels as an Efficient Cathode Interlayer in Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1393-1401

  Kan, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhu, Yongxiang ^a   Liu, Zhulin ^a   Zhang, Lianjie ^a   Chen, Junwu ^a   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3,6 fluorene; hydrophilic polymers; interfaces; inverted polymer solar cells; meta phenylene

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATHODES; CHAINS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY GAP; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; SOLAR CELLS;

3,6-FLUORENE; ABSORPTION EDGES; CATHODE INTERLAYERS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; META-PHENYLENE;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRODES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84946497422     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201500163     Document Type: Article

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