Air-stable inverted flexible polymer solar cells using zinc oxide nanoparticles as an electron selective layer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Hau, Steven K ^a   Yip, Hin Lap ^a,b   Baek, Nam Seob ^a   Zou, Jingyu ^a   O'Malley, Kevin ^b   Jen, Alex K Y ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DEVICE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENT PROCESSES; ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; IMPROVED STABILITY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INVERTED DEVICES; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC ACTIVITY; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; POLYSTYRENE SULFONATES; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANO-PARTICLES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 46049113688     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2945281     Document Type: Article

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