Small molecular organic photovoltaic cells with exciton blocking layer at anode interface for improved device performance

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Hirade, Masaya ^a,b   Adachi, Chihaya ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Life Beans Center Kyushu   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC BUFFER LAYERS; DEVICE PARAMETERS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EXCITON BLOCKING LAYERS; EXCITON QUENCHING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; STYRENE;

EXCITONS;

EID: 80054988296     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3650472     Document Type: Article

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