Scanning probe microscopy of solar cells: From inorganic thin films to organic photovoltaics

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 642-650

  O'Dea, James R ^a   Brown, Louisa M ^a   Hoepker, Nikolas ^a   Marohn, John A ^a   Sadewasser, Sascha ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

electronic material; organic; photovoltaic; Scanning probe microscopy (SPM); thin film

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGES;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84863939343     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2012.143     Document Type: Article

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