Effect of device architecture on hybrid zinc oxide nanoparticle:poly(3- hexylthiophene) blend solar cell performance and stability

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1258-1263

  Ferreira, Summer R ^a   Davis, Robert J ^a,b   Lee, Yun Ju ^a,c   Lu, Ping ^a   Hsu, Julia W P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid; Morphology; P3HT; Solar cell; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HOLE MOBILITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELLS; STYRENE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DONOR-ACCEPTOR INTERFACES; HYBRID; INVERTED ARCHITECTURES; P3HT; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79957976376     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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