Degradation in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells: Changes in electrode interface and reduction in the occupation probability of the interface states

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Vinamrita ^a   Arora, Swati ^b   Bhatnagar, P K ^a   Arora, Manoj ^c   Tandon, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation; Density of interface states; Occupation probability; Organic solar cell; Tunneling current

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EMPLOYMENT; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PROBABILITY; TIN OXIDES;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; DENSITY OF INTERFACE STATE; ELECTRODE INTERFACE; INTERFACE STATES DENSITY; OCCUPATION PROBABILITY; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); TUNNELING CURRENT;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 84861567767     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-012-9899-0     Document Type: Article

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