Semi-transparent metal electrode of CuNi as a replacement of an ITO in organic photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1228-1231

  Ghosh, D S ^a   Betancur, R ^a   Chen, T L ^a   Pruneri, V ^a,b   Martorell, Jordi ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ITO; Metal electrodes; Organic solar cells; Transparent conductive oxides; Ultrathin metal films

Indexed keywords

ITO; METAL ELECTRODES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; ULTRA-THIN;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; METALLIC FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

METALS;

EID: 79951851707     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.040     Document Type: Article

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