Nano-sized Ag-inserted amorphous ZnSnO3 multilayer electrodes for cost-efficient inverted organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1615-1623

  Choi, Yoon Young ^a   Choi, Kwang Hyuk ^a   Lee, Hosun ^a   Lee, Hosuk ^a   Kang, Jae Wook ^b   Kim, Han Ki ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ag; Amorphous ZnSnO3; Inverted organic solar cells; Multilayer electrode

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; AG; AG THICKNESS; AMORPHOUS ZNSNO3; ANTI-REFLECTION; ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; COST-EFFICIENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; INDIUM-FREE; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ITO ELECTRODES; LOW RESISTIVITY; METAL LAYER; METALLIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTILAYER ELECTRODE; MULTILAYER ELECTRODES; NANO SCALE; NANO-SIZED; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL; ORGANIC ACTIVE LAYERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; INDIUM; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPACITY; OPTIMIZATION; SHEET RESISTANCE; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 79955467878     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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