Impact of light on organic solar cells: Evolution of the chemical structure, morphology and photophysical properties of the active layer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7002, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rivaton, Agnès ^a   Chambon, Sylvain ^a   Manceau, Matthieu ^a,b   Gardette, Jean Luc ^a   Firon, Muriel ^b   Lemaître, Noëlla ^b   Guillerez, Stéphane ^b   Cros, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Laboratoire Composants Solaires   (France)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Degradation; Mechanisms; Organic solar cells; Stability; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ENCAPSULATION; HEALTH; ION EXCHANGE; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTICS; OXYGEN; PHOTONICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ACHILLES' HEEL; ACTIVE LAYERS; ARTIFICIAL AGEING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EVOLUTION (CO); LARGE AREA DEVICES; LIGHT WEIGHTING; LOW RESISTANCE; MDMO-PPV; MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS; NATURAL AGEING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS (OSC); PHOTO-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; PRODUCTION COSTS; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLUTION PROCESSING; TWO MATERIALS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 47749119257     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.780564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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