Yet another poor man's green bulk heterojunction photocells: Annealing effect and film composition dependence of photovoltaic devices using poly(3-hexylthiophene):C70 composites prepared with chlorine-free solvent

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-86

  Tada, Kazuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer; Fullerene; Photocells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANNEALING EFFECTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FILL-FACTOR; FILM COMPOSITION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER BULK; POST-PRODUCTION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

ANNEALING; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHLORINE; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; SOLVENTS;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84867091564     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.09.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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