Transport and spectroscopic studies of the effects of fullerene structure on the efficiency and lifetime of polythiophene-based solar cells

@article{Sena2012TransportAS,
  title={Transport and spectroscopic studies of the effects of fullerene structure on the efficiency and lifetime of polythiophene-based solar cells},
  author={Emilee Sena and Justin H. Peel and Devin Wesenberg and Shreya Nathan and Marianne Wallis and Maxwell J. Giammona and Thorsteinn Adalsteinsson and Brian J. McNelis and Richard P. Barber},
  journal={Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells},
  year={2012},
  volume={100},
  pages={192-198}
}
Abstract Time-dependent measurements of both power conversion efficiency and ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy have been observed for solar cell blends containing the polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) with two different functionalized C 60 electron acceptor molecules: commercially available [6,6]-phenyl C 61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) or [6,6]-phenyl C 61 butyric acid octadecyl ester (PCBOD) produced in this laboratory. Efficiency was found to decay with an… 
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