Pulsed laser annealing of P3HT/PCBM organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2013-2017

  Okraku, E W ^a   Gupta, M C ^a   Wright, K D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser annealing; Organic solar cells; P3HT; PCBM

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ALUMINUM ELECTRODES; LASER ANNEALING; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P3HT; PCBM; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PULSED LASER ANNEALING; PULSED LASER HEATING;

ANNEALING; HEATING; LASER HEATING; ORGANIC LASERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 77957676078     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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