Solvent vapor treatment effects on poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films and its application for interpenetrating heterojunction organic solar cells

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4939-4949

  Hori, Tetsuro ^a   Kittichungchit, Varutt ^a   Moritou, Hiroki ^a   Kubo, Hitoshi ^a   Fujii, Akihiko ^a   Ozaki, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fullerene; Interpenetrating heterojunction; Organic solar cells; poly(3 hexylthiophene); Solvent vapor treatment

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FILM CRYSTALLINITY; INTERPENETRATING HETEROJUNCTIONS; ITS APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLVENT VAPOR TREATMENT;

CARRIER MOBILITY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLVENTS; VAPORS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84856078371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3114939     Document Type: Article

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