New architecture for thermally stable high efficiency polymer solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5938, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Lee, Kwanghee ^a,b   Kim, Jin Young ^a,b   Ma, Wanli ^b   Heeger, Alan J ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoscale morphology; Optical spacer; Polymer solar cells; Postproduction annealing; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM OXIDES;

OPTICAL SPACERS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POSTPRODUCTION ANNEALING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 31744451862     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.626154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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