Optimizing the morphology of metal multilayer films for indium tin oxide (ITO)-free inverted organic solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Meiss, Jan ^a   Riede, Moritz K ^a   Leo, Karl ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCES; INDIUM TIN OXIDES; METAL CONTACTS; METAL MULTILAYERS; MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SMALL MOLECULES; TIN-DOPED INDIUM OXIDES; TOP CONTACTS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

EID: 63749084847     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3100039     Document Type: Article

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