Improvement in polymer solar cell performance and eliminating light soaking effect via UV-light treatment on conjugated polyelectrolyte interlayer

Organic Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-111

  Li, Xianqiang ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^c   Tang, Xiaohong ^b   Guo, Shifeng ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Wang, Hong ^b   Liu, Bin ^a,c   Leong, Wei Lin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conjugated polyelectrolyte; Electron transporting layer; Inverted polymer solar cell; Light soaking effect

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYER; IMPEDANCE SPECTRUM; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT SOAKING; SERIES RESISTANCES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84935026067     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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