Water and oxygen induced degradation of small molecule organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1268-1277

  Hermenau, Martin ^a   Riede, Moritz ^a   Leo, Karl ^a   Gevorgyan, Suren A ^b   Krebs, Frederik C ^b   Norrman, Kion ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Degradation; Oxygen; Photovoltaic; Small molecule; TOF SIMS; Water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OXYGEN; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES; WATER; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SMALL MOLECULES; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOF SIMS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79953686190     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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