Nanoscale control of the network morphology of high efficiency polymer fullerene solar cells by the use of high material concentration in the liquid phase

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Radbeh, R ^a   Parbaile, E ^a   Boucle J ^a   Di Bin, C ^a   Moliton, A ^a   Coudert, V ^b   Rossignol, F ^b   Ratier, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BLEND FILMS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL PARAMETER; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT; DEVICE OPERATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS; FILM DEPOSITION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INTERPENETRATING NETWORKS; LIQUID PHASE; METHYL ESTERS; NANOSCALE CONTROL; NETWORK MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER-FULLERENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSING CONDITION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; LIQUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE INTERFACES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 74949117378     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/3/035201     Document Type: Article

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