Three-dimensional chemical and physical analysis of the degradation mechanisms in organic photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6334, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Norrman, Kion ^a   Alstrup, Jan ^a   Jørgensen, Mikkel ^a   Lira Cantu, Monica ^b   Larsen, Niels B ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation mechanism; Hybrid photovoltaics; Lifetimes; Organic photovoltaics; Oxygen isotopic labeling; Polymer photovoltaics; TOF SIMS

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC LABELING; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS;

PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS;

EID: 33846232260     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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