Morphological modification induced by external electric field during solution process of organic solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-301

  Ma, Shou Yuan ^a   Shen, Yu Min ^a   Yang, Po Ching ^a   Chen, Chao Shuo ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Electric field treatment; Inverted structure; Morphology; Vertical phase separation

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CELL ENGINEERING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHASE SEPARATION;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRIC FIELD TREATMENT; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VERTICAL PHASE SEPARATIONS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84255194391     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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