Annealing sequence dependent open-circuit voltage of inverted polymer solar cells attributable to interfacial chemical reaction between top electrodes and photoactive layers

Langmuir

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 11265-11271

  Kim, Jong Bok ^a   Guan, Ze Lei ^a   Shu, Andrew L ^a   Kahn, Antoine ^a   Loo, Yueh Lin ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING SEQUENCE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION; INTERFACIAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS; INTERFACIAL LAYER; LAYER INTERFACES; METAL CONTACTS; METAL ELECTRODES; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TOP CONTACT;

ABILITY TESTING; ANNEALING; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METAL TESTING; METALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMERS; REDUCTION; STEEL SHEET; VANADIUM;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052233347     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la202178p     Document Type: Article

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