Solvent effects on ZnPc thin films and their role in fabrication of nanostructured organic solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2111-2119

  Van Dijken, Jaron G ^a   Fleischauer, Michael D ^b   Brett, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glancing angle deposition; Organic solar cells; PCBM; Small molecule thin films; Zinc phthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; DEPOSITION; FABRICATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; ZINC CASTINGS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PCBM; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL MOLECULE THIN FILMS; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 80053451745     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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