Side chain engineering of n-type conjugated polymer enhances photocurrent and efficiency of all-polymer solar cells.
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Side chain engineering of an n-type polymer provides a means of maintaining solubility while increasing crystallinity and electron mobility, leading to enhanced photocurrent. Bulk heterojunction solar cells composed of a side chain engineered copolymer (PNDIS-30BO) as acceptor and PSEHTT as donor give 10.4 mA cm(-2) photocurrent and 4.4% efficiency.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 50 74 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014