Effect of printing parameters and annealing on organic photovoltaics performance

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2079-2087

  Haldar, Amrita ^a   Liao, Kang Shyang ^a   Curran, Seamus A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANNEALING CONDITION; ANNEALING PARAMETERS; COMPARISON STUDY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; METHYL ESTERS; MULTILAYER ARRAYS; MULTIPLE LAYERS; OPTICAL THIN FILMS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); PRINTING METHOD; SINGLE LAYER; SOLVENT ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FILM PREPARATION; PRINTING; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84864724007     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.217     Document Type: Article

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