Design of highly transparent organic photodiodes

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 681-684

  Zaus, Edgar S ^a   Tedde, Sandro ^a   Rauch, Tobias ^a   Fürst, Jens ^a   Döhler, Gottfried H ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

6,6 phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM); Bulk heterojunction; Indium tin oxide (ITO); Poly 3 hexylthiophene (P3HT); Transparent photodiode

Indexed keywords

DARK CURRENTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPACITY; TRANSPARENCY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT LIGHT; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; POLYHEXYLTHIOPENE;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 39749141691     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2007.911628     Document Type: Article

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