A simultaneous achievement of high performance and extended thermal stability of bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells using a polythiophene-fullerene block copolymer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-12

  Yun, Myoung Hee ^a   Kim, Jonggi ^a   Yang, Changduk ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Compatibilizer; Diblock copolymer; Polymer solar cells; Stability

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONTROL DEVICE; IN-PHASE; INTERFACIAL MORPHOLOGIES; METHYL ESTERS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS ACHIEVEMENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPATIBILIZERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; STYRENE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84861210666     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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