Optimization of inverted tandem organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 921-926

  Zhao, D W ^a,b   Ke, L ^c   Li, Y ^d   Tan, S T ^a   Kyaw, A K K ^a   Demir, H V ^a   Sun, X W ^a,e   Carroll, D L ^d   Lo, G Q ^b   Kwong, D L ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Intermediate layer; Inverted structure; Tandem organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; ANODE SIDE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CELL THICKNESS; CHARGE LOSS; CONTINUOUS LAYERS; CURRENT MATCHING; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; EXCITON QUENCHING; FILL FACTOR; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; INVERTED STRUCTURE; MAXIMUM POWER; OPTICAL FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SUB-CELLS; TANDEM DEVICES;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTIMIZATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78751649481     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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