Annealing-free fabrication of P3HT:PCBM solar cells via simple brush painting

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-175

  Kim, Seok Soon ^a   Na, Seok In ^b   Kang, Seok Ju ^b   Kim, Dong Yu ^b  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Annealing free; Brush painting; Bulk heterojunction; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; FREE POLYMERS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGH-SPEED; MASS PRODUCTION; ORGANIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLYMER CHAINS; ROLL TO ROLL; SPIN-COATED DEVICES;

ANNEALING; BRUSHES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 72449150563     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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