Comparison of metal oxides as anode buffer layer for small molecule organic photovoltaic cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 379-384

  Ghasemi Varnamkhasti, Mohsen ^a   Fallah, Hamid Reza ^a   Mostajaboddavati, Mojtaba ^a   Ghasemi, Rasool ^a   Hassanzadeh, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anode buffer layer; Molybdenum oxide (MoO 3); Organic photovoltaic cells; Small molecules; Tungsten oxide (WO 3)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOLE TRANSPORTS; METAL OXIDES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SMALL MOLECULES; STRUCTURE MATCHING; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE (WO 3);

BUFFER LAYERS; CELLS; COPPER OXIDES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84855316220     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.036     Document Type: Article

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