Improvement of organic solar cells by flexible substrate and ITO surface treatments

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 256, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7606-7611

  Cheng, Yuang Tung ^a   Ho, Jyh Jier ^a   Wang, Chien Kun ^a   Lee, William ^b   Lu, Chih Chiang ^b   Yau, Bao Shun ^b   Nain, Jhen Liang ^a   Chang, Shun Hsyung ^a   Chang, Chiu Cheng ^c   Wang, Kang L ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiencies; Flexible solar cells; Indium tin oxide (ITO); Polyethylene terephthalate (PET); Work function

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; HARD COATINGS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OXIDE FILMS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES; WORK FUNCTION;

FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE THIN FILMS; ORGANIC CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955429636     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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