Investigating the stability of defects in MoO 3 and its role in organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-203

  Chiam, S Y ^a   Dasgupta, B ^a   Soler, D ^a   Leung, M Y ^a   Liu, H ^a   Ooi, Z E ^a   Wong, L M ^a   Jiang, C Y ^a   Chang, K L ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Defects; Molybdenum oxide; Oxidation; Stability

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; DEFECT STATE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PLASMA TREATMENT; RE-OXIDATION; STABILITY OF DEFECTS; TWO-REGIME;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEFECTS; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OXIDATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; RATE CONSTANTS; STABILITY;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 84856528639     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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