Thermally stable organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells incorporating an amorphous fullerene derivative as an electron acceptor

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 432-439

  Kim, Seul Ong ^a   Sung Chung, Dae ^b   Cha, Hyojung ^b   Wan Jang, Jae ^a   Kim, Yun Hi ^a   Kang, Jae Wook ^c   Jeong, Yong Soo ^c   Park, Chan Eon ^b   Kwon, Soon Ki ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electron acceptor; Organic solar cell; PCBM; Photovoltaics; Thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PCBM; PHOTOVOLTAICS; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CURVE FITTING; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78650683677     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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