Influence of n-type chemical doping layer on the performance of organic photovoltaic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1896-1900

  Ryu, Mi Sun ^a   Jang, Jin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Chemical doping; Organic solar cell; Solution process

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; CATHODE ELECTRODES; CHEMICAL DOPING; CONTROL-CELL; N-DOPED; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION PROCESS; TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE;

CATHODES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 79955477678     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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