Enhancement of power conversion efficiency and long-term stability of P3HT/PCBM solar cells using C60 derivatives with thiophene units as surfactants

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 164-170

  Lai, Yi Cang ^a   Higashihara, Tomoya ^b,c   Hsu, Jung Ching ^a   Ueda, Mitsuru ^b   Chen, Wen Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Morphology; Polymer; Solar cells; Stability; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DSC MEASUREMENTS; ETHYL ESTERS; LONG TERM STABILITY; MACRO PHASE SEPARATION; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT RATIO; TERNARY BLENDS; THIENYL;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIOPHENE;

BUTYRIC ACID;

EID: 82955232401     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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