Indium-free, acid-resistant anatase Nb-doped TiO2 electrodes activated by rapid-thermal annealing for cost-effective organic photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2178-2185

  Park, Jun Hyuk ^a   Kang, Seong Jun ^a   Na, Seok In ^b   Lee, Hyun Hwi ^c   Kim, Sung Wng ^d   Hosono, H ^d   Kim, Han Ki ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c POSTECH   (South Korea)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic PEDOT:PSS; Anatase; ITO; Nb TiO2; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANATASE PHASE; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANODE ELECTRODES; INDIUM-FREE; ITO; ITO ELECTRODES; METALLIC CONDUCTIVITY; NB-TIO2; ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PEDOT:PSS; SN-DOPED; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY SCATTERING; TIO;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ANNEALING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; GALLIUM; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 79958088893     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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