Spatially resolved photocurrent mapping of operating organic photovoltaic devices using atomic force photovoltaic microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Leever, B J ^a   Durstock, M F ^a   Irwin, M D ^b   Hains, A W ^b   Marks, T J ^b   Pingree, L S C ^c   Hersam, M C ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; PHOTOMAPPING; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPORAL LOGIC; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ATOMIC FORCE PHOTOVOLTAIC MICROSCOPY (AFPM); CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (CAFM); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOCURRENT MAPPING;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 38049030085     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2830695     Document Type: Article

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