Bulk heterojunction and inverted type solar cells using a CN-PPV derivative

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-102

  Cevik, Emel ^a   Licali, Derya ^a   Egbe, Daniel Ayuk Mbi ^b   Günes, Serap ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inverted type devices; n type polymers; Polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS TITANIUM OXIDE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; FABRICATED DEVICE; HOLE BLOCKING LAYERS; INVERTED TYPE DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TIO;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES; TOLUENE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84855330566     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.055     Document Type: Article

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