Enhanced performance and stability in polymer photovoltaic cells using lithium benzoate as cathode interfacial layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1243-1247

  Wang, Yaling ^a,b   Yang, Liying ^a,b   Yao, Cong ^a,b   Qin, Wenjing ^a,b   Yin, Shougen ^a,b   Zhang, Fengling ^a,c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices   (China)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Cathode; Lithium benzoate; Polymer bulk heterojunction; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHARGE COLLECTION; DEVICE STABILITY; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; INTERFACE RESISTANCE; INTERFACIAL LAYER; LITHIUM BENZOATE; LOW WORK FUNCTION; METHANOFULLERENES; METHYL ESTERS; MOISTURE DIFFUSION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER BULK HETEROJUNCTION; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REGIO-REGULAR; SHUNT RESISTANCES; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LITHIUM; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 79951855052     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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