Dependence of device characteristics of bulk-heterojunction organic thin-film solar cells on concentration of glycerol and sorbitol addition in pedot: Pss solutions for fabricating buffer layers

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 653-662

  Yamaki, Yusuke ^a   Marumoto, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Fujimori, Takuya ^a   Mori, Tatsuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

buffer layer; bulk heterojunction; glycerol; Organic thin film solar cells; PEDOT:PSS; sorbitol

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FABRICATION; GLYCEROL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; STYRENE; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SORBITOL;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84857526362     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863510005546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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