Study of the effect of annealing process on the performance of P3HT/PCBM photovoltaic devices using scanning-probe microscopy

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 888-892

  Huang, Yu Ching ^a   Liao, Yu Chia ^a   Li, Shao Sian ^a   Wu, Ming Chung ^a   Chen, Chun Wei ^a   Su, Wei Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anneal process; Atomic force microscopy; Photovoltaic; Scanning near field microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANNEAL PROCESS; ANNEALING PROCESS; ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPIES; BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE TRANSPORTS; COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTIONS; DEVICE EFFICIENCIES; METHYL ESTERS; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTIONS; NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPIES; ORDERED STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SCANNING NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPY; SCANNING-PROBE MICROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 67349218396     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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