Spin coated carbon nanotubes as the hole transport layer in organic photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 298-301

  Kymakis, Emmanuel ^a   Stylianakis, Minas M ^a   Spyropoulos, George D ^a   Stratakis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Koudoumas, Emmanuel ^a   Fotakis, Costas ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic; Polymer; Single wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; DICHLOROETHANE; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER FILMS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 80855130525     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.046     Document Type: Article

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