Performance improvement of conjugated polymer and ZnO hybrid solar cells using nickel oxide as anode buffer layer

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2865-2870

  Tan, H R ^a   Zhang, X W ^a   Tan, F R ^a   Gao, H L ^a   Yin, Z G ^a   Bai, Y M ^a   Zhang, X L ^a   Qu, S C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

anode buffer layers; hybrid solar cells; nickel oxides; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; BLOCKING LAYERS; ENERGY LEVEL; ENERGY LOSS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; MDMO-PPV; PEDOT:PSS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 82055208449     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201127227     Document Type: Article

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