Correlating the polymorphism of titanyl phthalocyanine thin films with solar cell performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2395-2400

  Vasseur, Karolien ^a,b   Rand, Barry P ^a   Cheyns, David ^a   Temst, Kristiaan ^c   Froyen, Ludo ^b   Heremans, Paul ^a,d  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b KU Leuve N ^*  (Belgium)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL PHASE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DONOR LAYERS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MICRO RAMAN MEASUREMENTS; NEAR INFRA RED; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLVENT ANNEALING; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; TEMPLATING; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE; X RAY REFLECTIVITY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84865957917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300993p     Document Type: Article

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