The effect of charge extraction layers on the photo-stability of vacuum-deposited versus solution-coated organic solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-56

  Williams, Graeme ^a   Aziz, Hany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Degradation; Extraction layer; Interfacial; Organic photovoltaics; Stability

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRODES; EXTRACTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PLASTIC COATINGS; STABILITY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CHARGE EXTRACTION; ELECTRODE DEGRADATION; INTERFACIAL; ORGANIC ELECTRODES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; STABILITY BEHAVIOR;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887601536     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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