Effect of nanostructured ZnO cathode layer on the photovoltaic performance of inverted bulk heterojunction solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 378-382

  Rana Bekci, D ^a   Erten Ela, Sule ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy; Inverted bulk heterojunction solar cells; Perylene dimide (PDI); Poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

AIR STABLE; AL ELECTRODE; AU ELECTRODES; BLEND RATIOS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CATHODE ELECTRODES; CATHODE LAYERS; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED MORPHOLOGY; PERYLENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSABLE; TIO; ZNO;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CATHODES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

COMPOSITE; ELECTRODE; MOISTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856537264     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.048     Document Type: Article

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