Effect of process parameters on the morphology and nanostructure of roll-to-roll printed P3HT:PCBM thin films for organic photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-46

  Koidis, C ^a   Logothetidis, S ^a   Kassavetis, S ^a   Kapnopoulos, C ^a   Karagiannidis, P G ^a   Georgiou, D ^a   Laskarakis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flexible organic photovoltaics; PEDOT:PSS electrode; Printed P3HT:PCBM; Roll to roll gravure; Slow drying; Spectroscopic ellipsometry

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; PRINTED P3HT:PCBM; ROLL TO ROLL; SLOW-DRYING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CRYSTALLITES; DRYING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRINTING; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 84873659814     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.12.044     Document Type: Article

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