Stability of bilayer trimethine cyanine dye/fullerene organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 585-591

  Wicht, Gaetan ^a   Bücheler, Stephan ^a   Dietrich, Michael ^a   Jäger, Timo ^a   Nüesch, Frank ^a,b   Offermans, Ton ^c   Tisserant, Jean Nicolas ^a   Wang, Lei ^a,d   Zhang, Hui ^a   Hany, Roland ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c CSEM   (Switzerland)

^d ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyanine dye; Degradation; Fullerene; Organic photovoltaics; Stability

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PERFORMANCE LOSS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE CONDITION; TRIMETHINE CYANINES;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGRADATION; FULLERENES; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; SILVER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84883091309     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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