A DMF-assisted solution process boosts the efficiency in P3HT:PCBM solar cells up to 5.31%

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 48, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Pei ^a,b   Li, Yongfang ^a   Zhan, Xiaowei ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-DICHLOROBENZENE; ACTIVE LAYER; AVERAGE POWER; BLEND FILMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HOLE-BLOCKING; SOLUTION PROCESS; VERTICAL PHASE SEPARATIONS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84887581087     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/48/484008     Document Type: Article

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