Investigating electrodes degradation in organic photovoltaics through reverse engineering under accelerated humidity lifetime conditions

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 544-550

  Drakonakis, Vasileios M ^a   Savva, Achilleas ^a   Kokonou, Maria ^a   Choulis, Stelios A ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Degradation mechanisms; Electrodes; Humidity lifetime performance; Organic photovoltaics; PEDOT:PSS; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRODES; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

ACTIVE LAYER; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; LIFETIME PERFORMANCE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; TOP CONTACT;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ELECTRODES;

EID: 84907191587     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.07.051     Document Type: Article

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