Oxygen- and water-induced degradation of an inverted polymer solar cell: The barrier effect

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Madsen, Morten V ^a   Norrman, Kion ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barrier effect; Degradation; Inverted geometry; Isotopic labeling; Organic photovoltaics; Tof sims

Indexed keywords

BARRIER EFFECTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DRY OXYGEN; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYER; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; HUMID ATMOSPHERES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ISOTOPIC LABELING; LAYER STACKS; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOF SIMS; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OXYGEN; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84856343019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3544010     Document Type: Article

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