Comparison of various sol-gel derived metal oxide layers for inverted organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2194-2199

  Oh, Hyunchul ^a,c   Krantz, Johannes ^a   Litzov, Ivan ^a   Stubhan, Tobias ^a   Pinna, Luigi ^a,b   Brabec, Christoph J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO (AZO); Charge selective extraction layer; Inverted Organic Solar cells; Sol Gel synthesis; TiOx; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AL-DOPED ZNO; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; TIOX; ZNO;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLS; STOICHIOMETRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 79958135937     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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