Effect of molecular aggregation by thermal treatment on photovoltaic properties of MEH-PPV: Fullerene-based solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-294

  Jin, Hui ^a   Hou, Yanbing ^b   Teng, Feng ^b   Kopola, Pälvi ^a   Tuomikoski, Markus ^a   Maaninen, Arto ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular aggregation; Photovoltaic; Polymer; Thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARBON CLUSTERS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FULLERENES; HEAT TREATMENT; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE; BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; MEH-PPV; METHOXY; MOLECULAR AGGREGATION; ORDERED DOMAINS; PHENYLENE VINYLENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES; RISING TEMPERATURES; THERMAL ANNEALING; THERMAL TREATMENTS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 57649184328     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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