Stability of Plastic Solar Cells

15 Conjugated Polymer Hosed Plastic Solar Cells 

1) the conjugated polymer diluted by a proper host matrix shows less interchain mteraction compared to pure films  

2) macroscopic ordering of the conjugated polymer can be performed by mechanical stretching of the host polymer  

3) the stability of the conjugated polymer-fullerene devices embedded into conventional polymers (guest-host approach) is higher due to encapsulation against environmental influences  

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E. A. Katz, S. Gevorgyan, M. S. Orynbayev, F. C. Krebs, Ont-door testing and long-term stability of plastic solar cells, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys., 36, 307—311 (2007). 

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