Morphologic improvement of the PBDTTT-C and PC71BM blend film with mixed solvent for high-performance inverted polymer solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 48, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Hsin Yi ^a   Lin, Shang Hong ^a   Sun, Jen Yu ^a   Hsu, Chi Hsing ^a   Lan, Shiang ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE; CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES; ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED SOLAR CELLS; LOW-BANDGAP POLYMERS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; THICKNESS OPTIMIZATION;

ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84887573577     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/48/484009     Document Type: Article

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