ITO-free inverted polymer/fullerene solar cells: Interface effects and comparison of different semi-transparent front contacts

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-147

  Wilken, Sebastian ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas ^a   Von Hauff, Elizabeth ^a   Borchert, Holger ^a   Parisi, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contacts; Interfaces; Inverted; Polymer fullerene solar cells; Reproducibility; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; ACTIVE LAYER; AU FILM; CATHODE LAYERS; CRITICAL INTERFACES; GRID STRUCTURES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INTERFACE EFFECT; INVERTED; INVERTED DEVICES; LAYER SEQUENCE; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEMI-TRANSPARENT; SIMULATION; ULTRA-THIN; VARYING THICKNESS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

GOLD;

EID: 80855139525     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.044     Document Type: Article

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