Use of an alcohol atmosphere during spin-coating to improve the efficiency of P3HT:PCBM organic solar cells

Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-319

  Cook, Steffan ^a   Said, Kazaoui ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol Atmosphere; Ethanol Atmosphere; Organic Solar Cells; Polymer Fullerene; Spin Coating

Indexed keywords

AFM; BLEND COMPOSITION; BLEND FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; FILL FACTOR; ISO-PROPANOLS; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER-FULLERENE; TAPPING MODES;

COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SPIN COATING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84857261970     PISSN: 1555130X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jno.2011.1176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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