Power efficiency enhancement of solution-processed small-molecule solar cells based on squaraine via thermal annealing and solvent additive methods

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 262-269

  Guan, Zhiqiang ^a   Yu, Junsheng ^a   Huang, Jiang ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Onsager Braun theory; Organic solar cells; Small molecule donor; Solution processing; Solvent additive; Thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

ONSAGER-BRAUN THEORY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 84871669015     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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