Open-circuit voltage and efficiency improvement of subphthalocyanine-based organic photovoltaic device through deposition rate control

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-75

  Lin, Chi Feng ^a   Liu, Shun Wei ^b   Lee, Chih Chien ^c   Hunag, Jia Cing ^c   Su, Wei Cheng ^c   Chiu, Tien Lung ^d   Chen, Chin Ti ^e   Lee, Jiun Haw ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deposition rate; Open circuit voltage; Organic photovoltaic; SubPc

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FILL FACTOR; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUBPC; SUBPHTHALOCYANINES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION RATES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

EID: 84860531452     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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