Composition-dependent phase separation effects of organic solar cells using P3HT: PCBM as active layer and chromium oxide as hole transporting layer

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3952-3958

  Qin, Pingli ^a,b   Fang, Guojia ^a   Sun, Nanhai ^a   Fan, Xi ^a   Zheng, Qiao ^a   Chen, Fei ^a   Wan, Jiawei ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active layer; Interface; Organic solar cell; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS;

ACTIVE LAYER; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE; PARALLEL RESISTANCE; PHASE SEPARATION EFFECTS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 78951489578     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.11.142     Document Type: Article

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