Enhanced charge collection in polymer photovoltaic cells by using an ethanol-soluble conjugated polyfluorene as cathode buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 604-608

  Zhao, Yun ^a   Xie, Zhiyuan ^a   Qin, Chuanjiang ^a   Qu, Yao ^a   Geng, Yanhou ^a   Wang, Lixiang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Charge collection; Conjugated polymer; Photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ACTIVE LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CHARGE COLLECTION; FLUORENE; METHYL ESTERS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYFLUORENE; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SHUNT RESISTANCES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 62749169120     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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