Interplay of solvent additive concentration and active layer thickness on the performance of small molecule solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 7308-7316

  Love, John A ^a   Collins, Samuel D ^b   Nagao, Ikuhiro ^b   Mukherjee, Subhrangsu ^c   Ade, Harald ^c   Bazan, Guillermo C ^b,d   Nguyen, Thuc Quyen ^b,d  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ITO GLASS; MOLECULES; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; INERT ATMOSPHERES; MOLECULAR DONORS; PERKIN-ELMER LAMBDA; ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESSING; SOLVENT ADDITIVES; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD; STYLUS PROFILOMETER;

SOLAR CELLS;

CHLOROBENZENE; ESTER; OCTANE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBENZENES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTERS; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCTANES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THIADIAZOLES;

EID: 84964207148     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201402403     Document Type: Article

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