High-efficiency inverted solar cells based on a low bandgap polymer with excellent air stability

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-159

  Chu, Ta Ya ^a   Tsang, Sai Wing ^a   Zhou, Jiayun ^a   Verly, Pierre G ^a   Lu, Jianping ^a   Beaupré, Serge ^b   Leclerc, Mario ^b   Tao, Ye ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air stability; Alternating dithienosilole and thienopyrrole 4,6 dione copolymer; Inverted organic solar cells; Processing additives; ZnO nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ACTIVE LAYER; AIR STABILITY; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DITHIENOSILOLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INVERTED DEVICES; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ZNO NANOCRYSTAL;

ADDITIVES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; ZINC OXIDE;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80855132557     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.042     Document Type: Article

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