Characteristics of indium-free GZO/Ag/GZO and AZO/Ag/AZO multilayer electrode grown by dual target DC sputtering at room temperature for low-cost organic photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1994-2002

  Park, Ho Kyun ^a   Kang, Jae Wook ^b   Na, Seok In ^c   Kim, Don Yu ^c   Kim, Han Ki ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AZO Ag AZO; GZO Ag GZO; Multilayer electrode; Organic photovoltaics; Sheet resistance; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

AZO/AG/AZO; GZO/AG/GZO; MULTILAYER ELECTRODE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; TRANSMITTANCE;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COSTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; GALLIUM; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SHEET RESISTANCE; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL MULTILAYERS;

EID: 69949172824     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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