Polymeric solar cells based on P3HT:PCBM: Role of the casting solvent

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3408-3418

  Dang, Minh Trung ^a   Wantz, Guillaume ^a   Bejbouji, Habiba ^a   Urien, Mathieu ^a   Dautel, Olivier J ^b   Vignau, Laurence ^a   Hirsch, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

P3HT:PCBM; Polymer solar cells; Spin coating solvent; Tetrahydronaphthalene; Trichlorobenzene

Indexed keywords

1 ,2 ,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE; ACTIVE LAYER; ACTIVE SURFACES; COMMON SOLVENTS; EVAPORATION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGHER-DEGREE; METHYL ESTERS; ORTHO-DICHLOROBENZENE; P3HT:PCBM; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERIC SOLAR CELLS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TRICHLOROBENZENE; TWO-MATERIALS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BOILING POINT; BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FATTY ACIDS; HEAT TREATMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NAPHTHALENE; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLVENTS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THIOPHENE; TOLUENE;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 80053615723     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.039     Document Type: Article

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