The investigation of the stability and optimal encapsulation time for ITO/CuPc/C60/Al bilayer cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 924-929

  Xi, Xi ^a   Li, Fangxin ^a   Meng, Qinglei ^a   Ding, Yuqiang ^a   Ji, Jingjia ^b,c   Shi, Zhengrong ^b,c   Li, Guohua ^a,c  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Suntech Power Co Ltd   (China)

^c Jiangsu Suntech Institute for Photovoltaic Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Encapsulation time; Organic solar cells; Stability

Indexed keywords

AL CELL; BI-LAYER; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 77949657033     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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