The effect of barrier performance on the lifetime of small-molecule organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-108

  Hermenau, Martin ^a   Schubert, Sylvio ^a   Klumbies, Hannes ^a   Fahlteich, John ^b   Müller Meskamp, Lars ^a   Leo, Karl ^a   Riede, Moritz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Encapsulation; Lifetime; Organic solar cell; Small molecule; WVTR

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; BARRIER PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; LIFETIME; LIFETIME STUDIES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SMALL MOLECULES; WATER MOLECULE; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE; WVTR;

DEGRADATION; ENCAPSULATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; WATER VAPOR;

MOLECULES;

EID: 82955233933     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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