Effect of mixed solvents on PCDTBT:PC70BM based solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1788-1793

  Alem, Salima ^a   Chu, Ta Ya ^a   Tse, Shing C ^a   Wakim, Salem ^a   Lu, Jianping ^a   Movileanu, Raluca ^a   Tao, Ye ^a   Bélanger, Francis ^b   Désilets, Denis ^b   Beaupré, Serge ^c   Leclerc, Mario ^c   Rodman, Sheila ^d   Waller, David ^d   Gaudiana, Russell ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b St Jean sur Richelieu   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Cosolvents; Morphology; Polycarbazole; Polymers; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

1 ,2-DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COSOLVENTS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFECT OF SOLVENTS; POLYCARBAZOLES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 80051638709     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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