Solution-processable graphene oxide as an efficient hole transport layer in polymer solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3169-3174

  Li, Shao Sian ^a   Tu, Kun Hua ^a   Lin, Chih Cheng ^a   Chen, Chun Wei ^a   Chhowalla, Manish ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Hole transport layers; Organic electronics; Organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACIDS; ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; HOLE TRANSPORTS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; METHYL ESTERS; NEUTRAL SOLUTION; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; PROCESSABLE;

ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GRAPHENE; HOLE MOBILITY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LEAD OXIDE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77955907882     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100551j     Document Type: Article

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