Effect of molybdenum oxide anode buffer layer on the performance of inverted small molecular organic solar cells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 513-518

  Zang, Yue ^a   Huang, Jiang ^a   Li, Haiqiang ^a   Yu, Junsheng ^a   Jiang, Yadong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anode buffer layer; Inverted organic solar cell; MoO3; Transfer matrix theory

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BUFFER LAYERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SMART POWER GRIDS; TIN OXIDES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE ANODES; MOO3; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSFER-MATRIX THEORY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84555209109     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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