Optimization of postproduction heat treatment for plastic solar cell

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5520, Issue , 2004, Pages 256-262

  Inoue, Kanzan ^a   Ulbricht, Ross ^a   Madakasira, Pallavi C ^a   Sampson, William M ^a   Lee, Sergey ^a   Gutierrez, Jose ^a   Ferraris, John ^a   Zakhidov, Anvar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic photovoltaic cells; PCBM; Phase segregated composite interfaces; Poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HEAT TREATMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

COMPOSITE FILMS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PCBM; PHASE-SEGREGATED COMPOSITE INTERFACES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 13444269420     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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