Investigations of efficiency improvements in poly(3-hexylthiophene) based organic solar cells using calcium cathodes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3424-3427

  Tseng, Wei Hsuan ^a   Chen, Mei Hsin ^b   Wang, Jeng Yu ^a   Tseng, Chun Tse ^a   Lo, Hung ^a   Wang, Po Sheng ^a   Wu, Chih I ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Energy levels; Open circuit voltage; Photoemission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATHODE STRUCTURE; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; METHYL ESTERS; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; CATHODES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FATTY ACIDS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; SOLAR CELLS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

CALCIUM;

EID: 80053592934     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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