Improved photovoltaic properties of pentacene/N,N′-Dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide-based organic heterojunctions with thermal annealing

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 836-841

  Karak, S ^a   Ray, S K ^a   Dhar, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Annealing temperature; Organic solar cell; Pentacene; PTCDI C8

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CELL PERFORMANCE; CRYSTALLINITIES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MAXIMUM POWER; ORGANIC HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PENTACENES; PHOTOCURRENT ACTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR SPECTRUM; THERMAL-ANNEALING; VISIBLE REGION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77949914751     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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