Effect of in situ annealing on the performance of spray coated polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-205

  Zheng, Yifan ^a   Wu, Ruofan ^b   Shi, Wei ^a   Guan, Zhiqiang ^a   Yu, Junsheng ^a  

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

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

In situ annealing; Polymer solar cell (PSC); Post annealing; Spray coating

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HOLE MOBILITY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLASTIC COATINGS; TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVE LAYER; EFFECT OF IN; FILL FACTOR; IN-SITU ANNEALING; LOW TEMPERATURES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; SPRAY COATING;

POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877750574     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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