The study of solvent additive effects in efficient polymer photovoltaics via impedance spectroscopy

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-26

  Yao, En Ping ^a,b   Chen, Chun Chao ^a   Gao, Jing ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Chen, Qi ^a   Cai, Min ^a   Hsu, Wei Chou ^b   Hong, Ziruo ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojuction; Impedance spectroscopy; Interface; OPV

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CARBOXYLATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DONOR/ACCEPTOR INTERFACE; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; HETERO-JUCTION; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYMER BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS; OPV; SOLVENT ADDITIVES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84904325957     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.05.049     Document Type: Article

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