Thermal-induced changes on the properties of spin-coated P3HT:C60 thin films for solar cell applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1674-1680

  Motaung, David E ^a,b   Malgas, Gerald F ^a   Arendse, Christopher J ^b   Mavundla, Sipho E ^a,b   Oliphant, Clive J ^a,b   Knoesen, Dirk ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Annealing; Optical properties; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Thermal transition

Indexed keywords

BLENDED FILMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED ABSORPTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER CRYSTALLITES; RED-SHIFTED; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL TRANSITION; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

ABSORPTION; ANNEALING; CARRIER MOBILITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER FILMS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67649410728     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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