Annealing effect in the sexithiophene:C70 small molecule bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1149-1153

  Sakai, Jun ^a   Taima, Tetsuya ^b   Yamanari, Toshihiro ^b   Saito, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annealing; Co evaporation; Fullerene; Oligothiophene; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING EFFECTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; CO-EVAPORATION; CO-EVAPORATION METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS; OLIGOTHIOPHENE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTO ABSORPTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES; SEXITHIOPHENE; SMALL MOLECULES; THERMAL ANNEALING PROCESS; VISIBLE RANGES;

ANNEALING; EVAPORATION; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; VAPORS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 66749130240     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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