Optimization of an Electron Transport Layer to Enhance the Power Conversion Efficiency of Flexible Inverted Organic Solar Cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1908-1912

  Lee, Kang Hyuck ^a   Kumar, Brijesh ^a   Park, Hye Jeong ^a   Kim, Sang Woo ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electron transport layer; Inverted organic solar cells; Photovoltaic; Short circuit current density; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AQUEOUS SOLUTION METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHYL ESTERS; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYETHERSULPHONES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PV PERFORMANCE; SEED LAYER; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ESTERS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANORODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 78649781256     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9769-9     Document Type: Article

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