UV light protection through TiO2 blocking layers for inverted organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3450-3454

  Sun, Haiyan ^a   Weickert, Jonas ^a   Hesse, Holger Christian ^a   Schmidt Mende, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organic solar cell; Stability; TiO2 layer; Trap filling; UV filter effect

Indexed keywords

AIR STABILITY; AMBIENT OXYGEN; BLOCKING LAYERS; BOTTOM LAYERS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HOLE-BLOCKING; LAYER THICKNESS; LIGHT INTENSITY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS; TIO; TOP CONTACT; TRAP FILLING; UV FILTER; UV-LIGHT PROTECTION;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRAPS; GEOMETRY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 80053609979     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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