Effects of metal electrode reflection and layer thicknesses on the performance of inverted organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 744-749

  Long, Yongbing ^a  

^a Wuyi University   (China)

Author keywords

Inverted organic solar cells; Metal electrode reflection; Optical modeling; Optical spacer effect; Optimization

Indexed keywords

METAL ELECTRODES; OPTICAL MODELING; OPTICAL SPACER EFFECT; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SPACER EFFECTS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METALS; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION; SILVER; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77949657430     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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