Influence of the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the donor material on the effectiveness of the anode buffer layer in organic solar cells

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1989-1994

  Bernede J C ^a,g   Cattin, L ^b   Djobo, S Ouro ^c   Morsli, M ^c   Kanth, S R B ^d   Patil, S ^d   Leriche, P ^a   Roncali, J ^a   Godoy, A ^e   Diaz, F R ^f   Del Valle, M A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES MATÉRIAUX JEAN ROUXEL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN   (Chile)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g LAMP FSTN   (France)

Author keywords

buffer layers; organic solar cells; thin films

Indexed keywords

ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL ENERGY LEVELS; HOLE TRANSFER; MAJOR FACTORS; ORGANIC DONORS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

BUFFER LAYERS; GOLD; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TROPOSPHERE; WORK FUNCTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 80051702903     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201127047     Document Type: Article

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