Mixed crystalline films of co-evaporated hydrogen- and fluorine-terminated phthalocyanines and their application in photovoltaic devices

Organic Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1259-1267

  Opitz, Andreas ^a   Ecker, Bernhard ^a   Wagner, Julia ^a   Hinderhofer, Alexander ^b   Schreiber, Frank ^b   Manara, Jochen ^c   Pflaum, Jens ^c   Brütting, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mixed crystalline films; Photovoltaic cells; Phthalocyanines; Vacuum deposition

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FLUORINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; VACUUM DEPOSITION; X RAY SCATTERING;

COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; CRYSTALLINE FILMS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR BLENDS; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; PHTHALOCYANINES; STRUCTURAL COMPATIBILITY;

FILMS;

EID: 69649095402     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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