Largely enhanced efficiency with a PFN/Al bilayer cathode in high efficiency bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells with a low bandgap polycarbazole donor

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 3086-3089

  He, Zhicai ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Xu, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhang, Lianjie ^a   Huang, Liang ^a   Chen, Junwu ^a   Wu, Hongbin ^a   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bilayer cathodes; donor acceptor polymers; photovoltaic cells; polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BILAYER CATHODES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR POLYMERS; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER; LOW BANDGAP; POLYCARBAZOLES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CATHODES;

ALUMINUM; CARBAZOLE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALUMINUM; CARBAZOLES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONICS; FLUORENES; POLYMERS; QUINOXALINES; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79960444358     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201101319     Document Type: Article

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