Effective Interfacial Trap Passivation with Organic Dye Molecule to Enhance Efficiency and Light Soaking Stability in Polymer Solar Cells |
Rasool, Shafket
(Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
Zhou, Haoran (Global GET-Future Laboratory & Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University) Vu, Doan Van (Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)) Haris, Muhammad (Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)) Song, Chang Eun (Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)) Kim, Hwan Kyu (Global GET-Future Laboratory & Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University) Shin, Won Suk (Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)) |
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