Controlled growth of dibenzotetraphenylperiflanthene thin films by varying substrate temperature for photovoltaic applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2861-2866

  Zhou, Ying ^a   Taima, Tetsuya ^a,b   Shibata, Yosei ^a,c   Miyadera, Tetsuhiko ^a   Yamanari, Toshihiro ^a   Yoshida, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Controlled growth; DBP thin film; Organic photovoltaic; Surface morphology; Vacuum evaporation

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE ORDER; DBP THIN FILM; FILL FACTOR; GRAIN STRUCTURES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GRAIN GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS; VACUUM; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 79960559807     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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