The effect of solvent induced crystallinity of polymer layer on poly(3-hexylthiophene)/C70 bilayer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 419-422

  Kekuda, Dhananjaya ^a   Lin, Hao Shing ^b   Chyi Wu, Meng ^b   Huang, Jen Shein ^c   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^c   Chu, Chih Wei ^a,d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bilayer solar cell; Crystallinity of polymer; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER DEVICES; BILAYER SOLAR CELL; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; HIGH-BOILING POINT SOLVENTS; MAXIMUM POWER; OUTPUT PARAMETERS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER LAYERS; POLYMER PROCESSING; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SOLVENT INDUCED; SUN RADIATION;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 78650711765     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.05.055     Document Type: Article

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