Improvement in the photovoltaic efficiency of polymer solar cells by treating the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Poly(styrenesulfonate) buffer layer with co-solvents of hydrophilic organic solvents and hydrophobic 1,2-dichlorobenzene

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-96

  Sun, Kuan ^a   Xia, Yijie ^a   Ouyang, Jianyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cosolvent; PEDOT:PSS; Polymer solar cell; Preferential solvation; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-DICHLOROBENZENE; CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; COSOLVENTS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; METHYL ESTERS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; PREFERENTIAL SOLVATION; TWO-COMPONENT;

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER FILMS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLVATION; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 82955235545     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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