Fabrication of organic solar cells based on a blend of poly (3-octylthiophene-2, 5-diyl) and fullerene derivative using inkjet printing technique

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7493, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shafiee, Ashkan ^a   Mat Salleh, Muhamad ^a   Yahaya, Muhammad ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

5 diyl) (P3OT); Bulk heterojunction; Fullerene derivative; Inkjet printing; Organic solar cells; Poly (3 octylthiophene 2

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BOTTOM ELECTRODES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INK-JET PRINTING; LAYER BY LAYER; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INK; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRINTING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 72149087938     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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