Organic solar cells: Evaluation of the stability of P3HT using time-delayed degradation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8204, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Poh, Chung How ^a   Poh, Chung Kiak ^b   Bryant, Glenn ^a   Belcher, Warwick ^a   Dastoor, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydroscopic; ITO; Moisture; Organic; P3HT; PEDOT:PSS; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

HYDROSCOPIC; ITO; ORGANIC; P3HT; PEDOT:PSS;

CHARACTERIZATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DEGRADATION; DROPS; MOISTURE; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84855788682     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.903251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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