Analysis of the failure mechanism for a stable organic photovoltaic during 10 000 h of testing

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 697-712

  Krebs, Frederik C ^a   Norrman, Kion ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Degradation; Failure mechanism; Long lifetime; Polymer solar cells; Stability; TOF SIMS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; FULLERENES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIN OXIDES;

FAILURE MECHANISM; INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY (TOF-SIMS);

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 37249043830     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.794     Document Type: Article

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