High-efficiency polymer-PbS hybrid solar cells via molecular engineering

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2572-2579

  Yuan, Jianyu ^a   Gallagher, Aidan ^a   Liu, Zeke ^a   Sun, Yaxiang ^a   Ma, Wanli ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ENGINEERING; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY GAP; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84961288427     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta03995e     Document Type: Article

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