The underlying reason of DIO additive on the improvement polymer solar cells performance

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 305, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-226

  Wang, Zixuan ^a   Zhang, Fujun ^a   Li, Lingliang ^a   An, Qiaoshi ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

DIO additive; Interference of light; Polymer solar cells; Transfer matrix method

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER TRANSPORT; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

DEVICE PHYSICS; METHYL ESTERS; OPTICAL FIELD; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THIENO[3 ,4-B]THIOPHENE; VOLUME RATIO;

POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84899903016     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.03.041     Document Type: Article

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