Quantitative analysis of bulk heterojunction films using linear absorption spectroscopy and solar cell performance

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4640-4652

  Turner, Sarah T ^a,d   Pingel, Patrick ^a   Steyrleuthner, Robert ^a   Crossland, Edward J W ^b   Ludwigs, Sabine ^c   Neher, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

absorption spectroscopy; mobility; morphology; Organic electronics; solar cells

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE MORPHOLOGY; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BLEND FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; H-AGGREGATES; LARGE DOMAIN; LOW DEGREE; O-DICHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SLOW DRYING; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; THERMALLY INDUCED;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GLASS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 83655191360     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201101583     Document Type: Article

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