Light-induced degradation of the P3HT-based solar cells active layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1315-1325

  Manceau, Matthieu ^a,b,c   Rivaton, Agnès ^a,b   Gardette, Jean Luc ^a,b   Guillerez, Stéphane ^c   Lemaître, Noëlla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Morphology; Organic solar cells; P3HT; PCBM; Photochemical stability

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P3HT; PCBM; PHOTOCHEMICAL STABILITY;

BUTYRIC ACID; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79953695640     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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