Electrical shorting of organic photovoltaic films resulting from metal migration

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Suemori, Kouji ^a   Yokoyama, Masaaki ^a   Hiramoto, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GOLD; METAL ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AU NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRICAL SHORTING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 33645533984     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2171781     Document Type: Article

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