Progress in stability of organic solar cells exposed to air

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1964-1969

  Tavakkoli, Mohammad ^a,b   Ajeian, Rasul ^a   Nakhaee Badrabadi, Moosa ^a   Saleh Ardestani, Saeed ^a   Feiz, Sayid Mohammad Hasan ^b   Elahi Nasab, Komeil ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

BCP; Bphen; Organic solar cells; Stability

Indexed keywords

BATHOCUPROINE; BCP; BPHEN; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; GRAIN SIZE; METAL ELECTRODES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; SMALL MOLECULES; UNIFORM GRAIN SIZE; WATER MOLECULE;

BUFFER LAYERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; SILVER; STABILITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79955465258     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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