Delineation of the effects of water and oxygen on the degradation of organic photovoltaic devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-42

  Nikiforov, Maxim P ^a   Strzalka, Joseph ^a   Darling, Seth B ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transport; Degradation; OPV; Organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; DEGRADATION RATE; DIFFUSION RATE; OPV; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; REACTIVE SPECIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYIMIDES; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84871907030     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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