Modular construction of P3HT/PCBM planar-heterojunction solar cells by lamination allows elucidation of processing-structure-function relationships

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1963-1972

  Kim, Jong Bok ^a   Guan, Ze Lei ^a   Lee, Stephanie ^a   Pavlopoulou, Eleni ^a   Toney, Michael F ^b   Kahn, Antoine ^a   Loo, Yueh Lin ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; P3HT and PCBM; Planar heterojunction; Polymer solar cells; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BUTYRIC ACID; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LAMINATING; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

CRYSTALLINITIES; DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; P3HT AND PCBM; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 80052699438     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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