Light-induced degradation of the active layer of polymer-based solar cells

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-284

  Rivaton, Agnès ^a   Chambon, Sylvain ^a   Manceau, Matthieu ^a,b   Gardette, Jean Luc ^a   Lemaître, Noëlla ^b   Guillerez, Stéphane ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Degradation; MDMO PPV; Organic photovoltaics; P3HT; Ultraviolet light irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BUTYRIC ACIDS; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; MDMO-PPV; METHOXY; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P3HT; PHOTO-AGEING; POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS; POOR STABILITY;

DEGRADATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FULLERENES; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 76049110172     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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