Driving vertical phase separation in a bulk-heterojunction by inserting a poly(3-hexylthiophene) layer for highly efficient organic solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Oh, Jin Young ^a   Jang, Woo Soon ^a   Lee, Tae Il ^a   Myoung, Jae Min ^a   Baik, Hong Koo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONTROLLED THICKNESS; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFERENCE DEVICES; SECONDARY-ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE ENERGIES; TIME OF FLIGHT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 78751529249     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3541648     Document Type: Article

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