Influence of thermal radiation during aluminum thermal evaporation on organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3311-3317

  Qin, Pingli ^a,b   Fang, Guojia ^a   Zeng, Wei ^a   Fan, Xi ^a   Zheng, Qiao ^a   Cheng, Fei ^a   Wan, Jiawei ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron mobility; Heat flow; Interface; Organic solar cell; Thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

AL ELECTRODE; CHROMIUM OXIDE FILMS; DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HEAT FLOWS; HOLE-TRANSPORTING LAYERS; IN-VACUUM; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P-TYPE; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROBES; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT; THERMAL RADIATIONS;

ALUMINUM; BUTYRIC ACID; CHROMIUM; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; FATTY ACIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT RADIATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OHMIC CONTACTS; OXIDE FILMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 80053593395     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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