Spatially resolved photocurrent measurements of organic solar cells: Tracking water ingress at edges and pinholes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-177

  Feron, Krishna ^a,b   Nagle, Timothy J ^a   Rozanski, Lynn J ^a   Gong, Bill B ^c   Fell, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Diffusion; Light beam induced current; Organic solar cell; PEDOT:PSS; Water

Indexed keywords

CATHODE FILM; CATHODE LAYERS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION MODEL; ENCAPSULANTS; LIGHT BEAM INDUCED CURRENTS; MAPPING METHOD; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SULPHONATES; TIME DEPENDENCE; WATER INGRESS;

CATHODES; CELLS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; INDUCED CURRENTS; PHOTOCURRENTS; STYRENE; WATER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84870559260     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.10.027     Document Type: Article

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