Effect of trace solvent on the morphology of P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1779-1787

  Chang, Lilian ^a   Lademann, Hans W A ^b   Bonekamp, Jörg Bernd ^b   Meerholz, Klaus ^b   Moulé, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction; morphology; photovoltaics; solar cells; solvent effect

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CASTING SOLUTIONS; DRY FILMS; FILL FACTOR; MELTING TEMPERATURES; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; ONSET TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; RESIDUAL SOLVENTS; SIDE-CHAINS; SOLVENT ANNEALING; SOLVENT EFFECT; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ADDITIVES; AGGLOMERATION; FILM GROWTH; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROBENZENE; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 79956124788     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201002372     Document Type: Article

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