Enhanced efficiency of organic solar cells by mixed orthogonal solvents

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2007-2013

  Xiao, Yubin ^a   Zhou, Shuang ^a   Su, Yaorong ^a   Wang, Han ^a   Ye, Lei ^a   Tsang, Sai Wing ^b   Xie, Fangyan ^c   Xu, Jianbin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BHJ; Organic solar cells; Orthogonal solvents; PCBM rich layer

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CATHODES; CRYSTALLINITY; DICHLOROMETHANE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLVENTS;

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE; ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PCBM-RICH LAYER; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); VERTICAL PHASE SEPARATIONS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84903313264     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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