Effect of solvent additive and ethanol treatment on the performance of PIDTDTQx:PC71BM polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 528-534

  Zhu, Xixiang ^a   Zhang, Fujun ^a   An, Qiaoshi ^a   Huang, Hui ^a   Sun, Qianqian ^a   Li, Lingliang ^a   Teng, Feng ^a   Tang, Weihua ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethanol treatment; Morphology; Polymer solar cells; Solvent additive

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; ETHANOL; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

1 ,2-DICHLOROBENZENE; EFFECT OF SOLVENTS; ETHANOL TREATMENT; METHYL ESTERS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLVENT ADDITIVES;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84908505101     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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