Effects of processing additives on nanoscale phase separation, crystallization and photovoltaic performance of solar cells based on mesogenic phthalocyanine

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2628-2634

  Dao, Quang Duy ^a   Hori, Tetsuro ^a   Fukumura, Kaoru ^a   Masuda, Tetsuya ^a   Kamikado, Toshiya ^a   Fujii, Akihiko ^a   Shimizu, Yo ^b   Ozaki, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Organic solar cells; Phthalocyanine; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); NANO-SCALE PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHTHALOCYANINE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 84885475866     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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