Effects of solvent-treated PEDOT: PSS on organic photovoltaic devices

Renewable Energy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 100-105

  Hu, Ziyang ^a,b   Zhang, Jianjun ^b   Zhu, Yuejin ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Morphology; Organic photovoltaic; PEDOT:PSS

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER FILMS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

CONDUCTIVITY; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; FUEL CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84880829995     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.042     Document Type: Article

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