The role of non-solvent swelling in bulk hetero junction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 196-200

  Jeon, Ji Hye ^a   Lee, Hang Ken ^b   Wang, Dong Hwan ^a   Park, Jong Hyeok ^c   Park, O Ok ^a,d  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b LG Chemical Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active layer treatment; Non solvent treatment; Organic photovoltaic; Post annealing; Solvent annealing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; NON-SOLVENTS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POST ANNEALING; SOLVENT ANNEALING;

ACETONITRILE; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SWELLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84861094481     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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