Organic solar cells with remarkable enhanced efficiency by using a CuI buffer to control the molecular orientation and modify the anode

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Cheng, Chuan Hui ^a   Wang, Jin ^b   Du, Guo Tong ^a,b   Shi, Shao Hua ^a   Du, Zhi Jie ^a   Fan, Zhao Qi ^a   Bian, Ji Ming ^a   Wang, Min Shuai ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; FILM SURFACES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STACKING ORIENTATION; STRONG INTERACTION;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 77956206853     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3483159     Document Type: Article

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