Improved performance of MEH-PPV/ZnO solar cells by addition of lithium salt

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2819-2825

  Bi, Dongqin ^a,b   Wu, Fan ^a,b   Yue, Wenjin ^a,b   Qu, Qiyun ^a,b   Cui, Qi ^a,b   Qiu, Zeliang ^a,b   Liu, Changwen ^a,b   Shen, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Mingtai ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

LiTFSI; MEH PPV; Modification; Photovoltaics; Solar cell; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LITFSI; LITHIUM SALTS; MEH-PPV; MODIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY DEGRADATION; PEAK POWER; PHOTOVOLTAICS; R VALUE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WEIGHT RATIOS; ZNO;

AMIDES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HOLE MOBILITY; ION EXCHANGE; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ZINC OXIDE;

LITHIUM;

ELECTRON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; LITHIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; ZINC;

EID: 80053931848     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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