Analyzing poly(3-hexyl-thiophene):1-(3-methoxy-carbonyl)propyl-1-phenyl- (6,6) C61 bulk-heterojunction solar cells by UV-visible spectroscopy and optical simulations

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Sylvester Hvid, Kristian O ^a,b   Ziegler, Tobias ^b   Riede, Moritz K ^b   Keegan, Nicholas ^b   Niggemann, Michael ^b   Gombert, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SPIN COATING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIOPHENE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

LINEAR CORRELATION; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; SIMULATED FRACTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 34548622739     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2775219     Document Type: Article

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