Inverted organic solar cells using a solution processed aluminum-doped zinc oxide buffer layer

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1539-1543

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO; Electron injection layer; Inverted structure; Polymer solar cell; Solution processing; Zinc oxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CHARGE INJECTION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON INJECTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FILMS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

AL-DOPED ZNO; ELECTRON INJECTION LAYERS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED STRUCTURE; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); SOLUTION-PROCESSING; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79959574003     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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