Graded vertical phase separation of donor/acceptor species for polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-152

  Loiudice, Anna ^a,b   Rizzo, Aurora ^b,c   Latini, Gianluca ^b   Nobile, Concetta ^c   De Giorgi, Milena ^c   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilayer; Bulk heterojunction; Graded diffusion; Micro nano morphology; Photovoltaic devices; Solution processed

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; MICRO/NANO-MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SOLUTION PROCESSED;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLVENTS;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84857787945     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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