Origin of the enhanced performance in poly(3-hexylthiophene): [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester solar cells upon slow drying of the active layer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Mihailetchi, Valentin D ^a   Xie, Hangxing ^a   De Boer, Bert ^a   Popescu, Lacramioara M ^a   Hummelen, Jan C ^a   Blom, Paul W M ^a   Koster, L Jan Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS;

FILL FACTOR; NUMERICAL DEVICE SIMULATIONS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SPACE CHARGE ACCUMULATION;

ESTERS;

EID: 33745785223     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2212058     Document Type: Article

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