Improvement of characteristics of organic photovoltaic devices composed of conducting polymer-fullerene systems by introduction of ZnO layer

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 12 A, 2003, Pages

  Umeda, Tokiyoshi ^a   Shirakawa, Tomoki ^a   Fujii, Akihiko ^a   Yoshino, Katsumi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conducting polymer; Fullerene; Photovoltaic cell; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; ELECTRODES; FULLERENES; GOLD; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ZINC OXIDE;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; MONOCHROMATIC ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYHEXYLTHIOPHENE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0742303596     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.l1475     Document Type: Letter

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