ITO-free inverted polymer solar cells with ZnO:Al cathodes and stable top anodes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-56

  De Sio, Antonietta ^a   Chakanga, Kambulakwao ^b   Sergeev, Oleg ^b   Von Maydell, Karsten ^b   Parisi, Jürgen ^a   Von Hauff, Elizabeth ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b NEXT ENERGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inverted solar cell; ITO free; PEDOT:PSS free; Polymer solar cell; ZnO:Al

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; CONTROL DEVICE; DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH TRANSMISSION; INVERTED STRUCTURE; ITO-FREE; LOW WORK FUNCTION; PEDOT:PSS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRAL RANGE; TOP ANODE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; TRANSPORT LAYERS; WATER BASED; ZNO;

ALUMINUM; CATHODES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; GOLD; ITO GLASS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84855314233     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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