Enhancement of the performance of organic solar cells by electrospray deposition with optimal solvent system

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-125

  Zhao, Xin Yan ^a,c   Wang, Xizu ^c   Lim, Siew Lay ^c   Qi, Dongchen ^c   Wang, Rui ^c   Gao, Zhiqiang ^a   Mi, Baoxiu ^a   Chen, Zhi Kuan ^b,c   Huang, Wei ^a,b   Deng, Weiwei ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive; Electrical conductivity; Electrospray; Morphology; Organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF ACETIC ACID; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPRAYS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL (OPVS); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SELF-ORGANIZED NANOSTRUCTURES;

ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ADDITIVES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PH; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLVENTS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84888596170     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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