Rubrene as an additive in M-phthalocyanine/fullerene organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3137-3141

  Yuen, Avery P ^a   Bamsey, Nathan M ^a   Hor, Ah Mee ^b   Preston, John S ^a   Klenkler, Richard A ^b   Jovanovic, Stephen M ^a   Loutfy, Rafik O ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b XEROX RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive; Degradation; Open circuit voltage; Phthalocyanine; Rubrene; Stability

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHTHALOCYANINE; RUBRENES; TIME-PERIODS; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS; VALENCIES;

ABSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80051545555     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.04.041     Document Type: Article

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