Photovoltaic properties of M-phthalocyanine/fullerene organic solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1683-1688

  Yuen, Avery P ^a   Jovanovic, Stephen M ^a   Hor, Ah Mee ^b   Klenkler, Richard A ^b   Devenyi, Gabriel A ^a   Loutfy, Rafik O ^a   Preston, John S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b XEROX RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilayer; Bulk heterojunction; Crystallinity; Fullerene; Mobility; Phthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; BLENDED STRUCTURES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CRYSTALLINITIES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE RESPONSE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HOLE TRANSPORTS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PHTHALOCYANINE; TIME OF FLIGHT; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION; VALENCIES;

BLENDING; CARRIER MOBILITY; EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION; CRYSTALLINITY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FULLERENE; MOBILITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84860596576     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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