Improvement of the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells with a P3HT layer fabricated by using a sonication process and having a vertically modulated nanoscale morphology

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 268, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-162

  Lee, Yong Hun ^a   Kim, Dae Hun ^a   Arul, N Sabari ^a   Kim, Tae Whan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nanoscale morphology; Organic photovoltaic cells; P3HT; Power conversion efficiency; Rough structures

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SONICATION;

COMPOSITION GRADIENT; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; P3HT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CELLS;

EID: 84875418242     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.12.045     Document Type: Article

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