Enhanced structural stability and performance durability of bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices incorporating metallic nanoparticles

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3573-3582

  Paci, Barbara ^a   Spyropoulos, George D ^b,c,e   Generosi, Amanda ^a   Bailo, Daniele ^a,d   Albertini, Valerio Rossi ^a   Stratakis, Emmanuel ^b,c,e   Kymakis, Emmanuel ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

efficiency enhancement; in situ characterization; organic solar cells; stability enhancement; surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; STABILITY ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUTYRIC ACID; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SILVER; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

STABILITY;

EID: 80052998027     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201101047     Document Type: Article

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