Short-circuit current density improvement of inverted polymer solar cells using PbPc to enhance photon absorption over 600 nm

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2451-2454

  Shen, Liang ^a   Xu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Xindong ^a   Meng, Fanxu ^a   Ruan, Shengping ^a   Chen, Weiyou ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inverted; PbPc; Photon absorption; Tandem

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INVERTED; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LEAD PHTHALOCYANINE; METHYL ESTERS; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; P-TYPE; PBPC; PHOTON ABSORPTION; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; REGIO-REGULAR; RR-P3HT; TANDEM; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; TIO;

ABSORPTION; ACIDS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TIN; TIN DIOXIDE; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 77957669303     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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