Improvement of operation lifetime for conjugated polymer:fullerene organic solar cells by introducing a UV absorbing film

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-156

  Sun Ryu, Mi ^a   Jin Cha, Hyuk ^b   Jang, Jin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Hunetplus   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Organic semiconductor; Solar cell; Stability; UV

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING FILMS; BLOCKING LAYERS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CELL EFFICIENCY; LIFETIME IMPROVEMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLYMER NETWORKS; UV EXPOSURE; UV FILMS;

CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 72449127039     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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