Total charge amount as indicator for the degradation of small molecule organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1278-1283

  Hermenau, M ^a   Scholz, Sebastian ^a   Leo, Karl ^a   Riede, Moritz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALT; Degradation; Lifetime Stability; Small molecule organic solar cell

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED MEASUREMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; ALT; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEGREE OF DEGRADATION; EXTENDED LIFETIME; LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; LIFETIME STABILITY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SINGLE CHARGE CARRIERS; SMALL MOLECULES; TOTAL CHARGE; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

CHARGE CARRIERS; DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79953687659     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.031     Document Type: Article

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