Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/C60 heterojunction solar cells: Implication of morphology on performance and ambipolar charge collection

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-473

  Geiser, Alain ^a   Fan, Bin ^b   Benmansour, Hadjar ^b   Castro, Fernando ^b   Heier, Jakob ^b   Keller, Beat ^b   Mayerhofer, Karl Emanuel ^b   Nüesch, Frank ^b   Hany, Roland ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C60; Fullerene; Organic solar cell; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Polymer solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOEXCITATION; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING;

CHARGE COLLECTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL ANNEALING;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 38649110458     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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