Enhancing the short-circuit current and efficiency of organic solar cells using MoO3 and CuPc as buffer layers

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2914-2919

  Cheng, Fei ^a   Fang, Guojia ^a   Fan, Xi ^a   Liu, Nishuang ^a   Sun, Nanhai ^a   Qin, Pingli ^a   Zheng, Qiao ^a   Wan, Jiawei ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BHJ organic solar cell; Buffer layer; CuPc; MoO3

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; CUPC; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EXCITON QUENCHING; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; LAYER THICKNESS; METHYL ESTERS; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; MOO3; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REGIO-REGULAR; VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 79960560466     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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