Reversible and irreversible degradation of organic solar cell performance by oxygen

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1238-1249

  Seemann, Andrea ^a   Sauermann, Tobias ^a   Lungenschmied, Christoph ^b   Armbruster, Oskar ^c   Bauer, Siegfried ^c   Egelhaaf, H J ^a   Hauch, Jens ^a  

^a Konarka Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^b Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

CELIV; Impedance; JV characteristics; OPV; Oxygen influence; Stability

Indexed keywords

CELIV; IMPEDANCE; JV-CHARACTERISTICS; OPV; OXYGEN INFLUENCE;

BUTYRIC ACID; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL FORMING; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

ANION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMONITORING; CARBONYL COMPOUND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ESTER; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR POWER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION;

EID: 79956144767     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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