Influence of the indium tin oxide/organic interface on open-circuit voltage, recombination, and cell degradation in organic small-molecule solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Schäfer, Stefan ^a   Petersen, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Thomas A ^a   Kniprath, Rolf ^a   Lingenfelser, Dominic ^a   Zen, Achmad ^b   Kirchartz, Thomas ^c,f   Zimmermann, Birger ^d   Würfel, Uli ^d   Feng, Xianjin ^e   Mayer, Thomas ^e  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b Robert Bosch South East Asia Pte Ltd ^*  (Singapore)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79961115958     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.165311     Document Type: Article

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