Enhanced performance of PDPP3T/PC60BM solar cells using high boiling solvent and UV-ozone treatment

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1763-1768

  Adhikary, Prajwal ^a   Venkatesan, Swaminathan ^a   Maharjan, Purna P ^a   Galipeau, David ^a   Qiao, Qiquan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

High boiling point solvent; Inverted structure; Phase separation; Ultraviolet (UV) ozone treatment; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE; HIGH BOILING SOLVENTS; INVERTED STRUCTURE; NANO-SCALE PHASE SEPARATION; OZONE TREATMENT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; ZNO;

BOILING POINT; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OZONE; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

OZONE LAYER;

EID: 84887081225     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2013.2255058     Document Type: Article

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