Thermal ageing of bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells investigated by electric noise analysis

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-45

  Barone, C ^a   Landi, G ^b   De Sio, A ^c   Neitzert, H C ^a   Pagano, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Electric noise processes; Organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC NOISE; ENERGY BARRIER HEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

DEGRADATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84889643080     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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