Effects of different polar solvents for solvent vapor annealing treatment on the performance of polymer solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2647-2653

  Zheng, Yifan ^a   Li, Shuguang ^a   Zheng, Ding ^a   Yu, Junsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Polar solvent; Polymer solar cell (PSC); Solvent polarity; Solvent property; Solvent vapor annealing (SVA)

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANNEALING; METHANOL; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; VISCOSITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BALANCED CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POLAR SOLVENTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLVENT POLARITY; SOLVENT PROPERTIES; SOLVENT-VAPOR ANNEALING;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84906492457     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.07.026     Document Type: Article

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