Effects of Au nanoparticle addition to hole transfer layer in organic photovoltaic cells based on phthalocyanines and fullerene

Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nagata, Akihiko ^a   Oku, Takeo ^a   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Yamasaki, Yasuhiro ^b   Mori, Tomohiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^b ORIENT CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; HOLE TRANSFER; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PEDOT:PSS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

BLENDING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GOLD;

EID: 84855681824     PISSN: 16879503     EISSN: 16879511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/869596     Document Type: Article

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