Effect of polymer morphology on p3HT-based solid-state dye sensitized solar cells: An ultrafast spectroscopic investigation

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 103, 2013, Pages A469-A474

  Santosh Kumar, R Sai ^a   Grancini, G ^a,c   Petrozza, A ^a   Abrusci, A ^c   Snaith, H J ^c   Lanzani, G ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER MORPHOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878528650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A469     Document Type: Article

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