Performance improvement of inverted polymer solar cells with different top electrodes by introducing a MoO3 buffer layer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Tao, Chen ^a   Ruan, Shengping ^a   Zhang, Xindong ^a   Xie, Guohua ^a   Shen, Liang ^a   Kong, Xiangzi ^a   Dong, Wei ^a   Liu, Caixia ^a   Chen, Weiyou ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ELECTRODES; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACTIVE LAYERS; CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDES; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM DIOXIDES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 56249149223     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3026741     Document Type: Article

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