Performance improvement of inverted polymer solar cells thermally evaporating nickel oxide as an anode buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 212-215

  Yu, Wenjuan ^a   Shen, Liang ^a   Ruan, Shengping ^a   Meng, Fanxu ^a   Wang, Jialue ^a   Zhang, Enrui ^a   Chen, Weiyou ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Inverted; NiO

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; CONTROL-CELL; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; INVERTED; NIO; NIO THIN FILM; ORGANIC/METAL INTERFACES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; TOP ANODE; TRANSPORT LAYERS;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OHMIC CONTACTS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84855305094     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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