Analysis of improved photovoltaic properties of pentacene/C60 organic solar cells: Effects of exciton blocking layer thickness and thermal annealing

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 51, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS, 2007, Pages 1367-1375

  Yoo, Seunghyup ^a   Potscavage Jr , William J ^a   Domercq, Benoit ^a   Han, Sung Ho ^b   Li, Tai De ^c   Jones, Simon C ^c   Szoszkiewicz, Robert ^c   Levi, Dean ^b   Riedo, Elisa ^c   Marder, Seth R ^c   Kippelen, Bernard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing; Exciton; Fullerene; Organic solar cells; Pentacene; Spectral modeling

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELLIPSOMETRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITONS; FULLERENES;

BATHOCUPROINE (BCP) LAYER; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PENTACENE; SPECTRAL MODELING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 35148837589     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2007.07.038     Document Type: Article

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