A strategic buffer layer of polythiophene enhances the efficiency of bulk heterojunction solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1281-1285

  Wei, Hung Yu ^a   Huang, Jen Hsien ^b   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a,c   Chu, Chih Wei ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Bulk heterojunction; Electrochemistry; Energy level tuning; Photovoltaic; Polythiophene

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION; ENERGY LEVEL; ENERGY LEVEL TUNING; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; JUNCTION INTERFACES; METHYL ESTERS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-THIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYTHIOPHENES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; SOLAR CELLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUNING;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

POLYMER; POLYTHIOPHENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LETTER; MATERIALS TESTING; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77954978705     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am100076a     Document Type: Article

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